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Sellman's Blacksmith Shop Building

High density corn planting

Chisel Plowing

Adjusting belt on combine in October 1995

Walton Plow Shop

Dumping corn into pit before drying

Corn Mortar

Delaware Village in Federal Land Survey

Stalk Rake

Ox Shoes

Restored Patton Cabin in Lexington

Map of timber landscape in McLean County, Illinois

Kickapoo Dwelling (Bark Hut)

Chinch Bug

Kickapoo Grand Village Monument

Union Depot, Bloomington, Illinois

Sanborn Map, Grand Opera House, 1896

Wreckage of the Bloomington Fire

McLean County Train Yard

First Methodist Church of Bloomington

Kickapoo Band

Granger Protest Meeting

Funk's 90-Day Corn Advertisement

Shocked Corn

Corn Landscape

Automatic Vacuum Cleaners Advertisement

Loading seed into corn planter

Hauling corn to Shirley elevator

Sommer Bros. Float in 1947 Corn Bowl Parade

Single Row Corn Picker about 1935

Corn Blotter Advertisement from 1916 Corn Show

Shirley Corn and Horse Show

Advertisement of Detasselers

Gas station

Cooking class, Bloomington High School, Illinois

Sanborn Map, McLean County Court House, Bloomington, Illinois

Major Nolton Engine

Harvest Time Sketch

Corn Markers Description

Hungarian Roller Mill

Sellman's Blacksmith Shop Building
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The building of Ralph with Sellman's blacksmith shop was at 107 S. Madison in Bloomington.
High density corn planting
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This modern cornfield shows narrow rows and high plant density.
Chisel Plowing
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A 45 Cat Challenger pulls a Landall plow in a cornfield early in the season.
Adjusting belt on combine in October 1995
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Darrell Beehn, Jr. adjusts a belt on a John Deere 4400 combine in October 1995.
Walton Plow Shop
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The Walton Plow Shop manufactured plows and farm implements in downtown Bloomington from 1857 to the 1890s.
Dumping corn into pit before drying
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Al Bateman dumps havested grain from his truck into a pit before drying.
Corn Mortar
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This corn mortar was used by early McLean County settler John Moore for pounding corn.
Delaware Village in Federal Land Survey
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The Federal Land Surveyors recorded a Delaware village near the Mackinaw River. The area west of the village is where John Thompson planted his first crop in 1829.
Stalk Rake
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This 19th century stalk rake was used to remove stalks in the field from the previous year's corn.
Ox Shoes
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Ox shoes, such as these, were used to protect oxen hooves when they plowed up prairie land.
Restored Patton Cabin in Lexington
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The restored Patton cabin in Lexington.
Map of timber landscape in McLean County, Illinois
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Before McLean County was settled by whites in 1822, eleven percent of McLean County was timber and the remainder was tall prairie grass, as shown in this map.
Kickapoo Dwelling (Bark Hut)
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)After leaving McLean County, the Kickapoo fled westward. This dwelling was photographed in Brown County, Kansas, about 1906.
Chinch Bug
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The chinch bug in this drawing -- actual size is 1/16" -- destroyed millions of dollars worth of the corn in the 1930s.
Kickapoo Grand Village Monument
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A historical marker was placed at the site of the Grand Village of the Kickapoo in Ellsworth, Illinois, by the McLean County Historical Society in 1905.
Union Depot, Bloomington, Illinois
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A crowd mingles on the Union Depot platform on West Washington Street, Bloomington, Illinois.
Sanborn Map, Grand Opera House, 1896
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Sanborn map of the Grand Opera House in McLean County, Illinois, 1896. The Opera House is located next to the A. Brockaw (alternate spelling: Brokaw) Plow Factory.
Wreckage of the Bloomington Fire
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The damaged Bloomington skyline is visible beyond the courthouse square. A streetcar and a crowd of people are visible in the foreground. June 19, 1900, much of the center of Bloomington was destroyed by a fire that started in the Model Laundry. Flames spread rapidly and destroyed many buildings in a four square block area of the city. No businesses failed because of the fir...
McLean County Train Yard
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Sanborn map of the train yard in McLean County, Illinois, 1901.
First Methodist Church of Bloomington
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The former First Methodist Church of Bloomington is shown. The building, built in 1839, is covered with advertisements. Two men can be seen sitting in the open door. The Church had been converted to a livery stable.
Kickapoo Band
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Members of the Kickapoo Band are seated with instruments. The band was at Kickapoo School, Brown County, Kansas.
Granger Protest Meeting
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This sketch shows a protest meeting of Grangers shown in the History of the Grange Movement.
Funk's 90-Day Corn Advertisement
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This ad for Funk's 90-Day Corn provides photos and descriptions of the company's high yielding corn.
Shocked Corn
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This field of shocked corn in McLean County was tied up by farmers for drying purposes during the harvest.
Corn Landscape
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A photograph for a Funk advertisement by James Holbert, one of the main men behind Funk's success. The photo shows a large cornfield in the background and and a farmer with cattle in the foreground. Text on photo reads: Corn. America's contribution to the world's food supply.
Automatic Vacuum Cleaners Advertisement
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The Automatic Vacuum Cleaner Company's failure in the early 1910s was a result of competition from nationally marketed brands.
Loading seed into corn planter
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Darrell Beehn Jr. loads Pioneer seed into an International 400 Cycle planter near Shirley, Illinois. Darrell Beehn Sr. stands beside the planter.
Hauling corn to Shirley elevator
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Darrell Beehn, Jr. hauls grain to the elevator near Shirley, Illinois, in the fall of 1995.
Sommer Bros. Float in 1947 Corn Bowl Parade
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A Sommer Bros. Seed Co. float travels in the 1947 Corn Bowl parade.
Single Row Corn Picker about 1935
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A single row corn picker machine helps harvest the crop in a McLean County field about 1935.
Corn Blotter Advertisement from 1916 Corn Show
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A blotter from the 1916 Bloomington Cornfest advertises the Corn Palace.
Shirley Corn and Horse Show
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The entrance to the main tent at the 1912 Shirley Corn and Horse Show was decorated with cornstalks. Hundreds came to celebrate the corn harvest.
Advertisement of Detasselers
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Advertisement and photograph of detasselers during World War II.
Gas station
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Gas pumps sit in front of the McLean County Service Company at the northeast corner of Jefferson and East streets. An attendant is shown servicing an automobile.
Cooking class, Bloomington High School, Illinois
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Girls practice their cooking skills in cooking class at Bloomington High School, Illinois.
Sanborn Map, McLean County Court House, Bloomington, Illinois
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Sanborn map of the McLean County, Illinois Court House, 1901.
Major Nolton Engine
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A number of men surround the C&A "Major Nolton" Engine. The engine went to Chicago to fight the Great Fire in 1871, and it became nationally known because it reached Chicago in such short time to help fight the fire.
Harvest Time Sketch
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A harvest scene sketch of a farmer shocking corn, another harvesting it, and bundles of shocked corn scattered throughout the field.
Corn Markers Description
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A printed description of the use of a corn marker, along with a drawing of a corn marker.
Hungarian Roller Mill
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The Hungarian Roller Mill operated on Bloomington's west side from the 1870s to 1912.

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