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Funk Laboratory
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A photograph of beakers, flasks, and test tubes inside the Funk Laboratory where hybrids and herbacides were concocted.
Funk Brothers Products
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This photo shows a range of Funk Brothers seed products.
Funk Brothers State Fair Exhibit
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This exhibit for Funk Brothers Seed Company at the Illinois State Fair in 1904 shows a giant ear of corn sticking up and a sign for free samples of seed.
Funk Brothers Seed Advertisement
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)In order to promote their hybrids, Funk Brothers Seed Company advertised their new products. This ad for 90-day corn ran about 1900.
Diagram of Funk hybrids
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This detailed diagram shows the steps involved in cross corn to make Funk's hybrids.