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Asahel Gridley, businessman, McLean County, Illinois

Beebee's Patent Cure for Balkiness in Horses Advertisement

100 West Washington Street, Bloomington, Illinois

Capp Blacksmith Advertisement

Bloomington High School Band

Bloomington Hoop Skirt Manufactory Advertisement

Bloomington Manufacturing Company

Brown's Corn Planter

Chinch Bug

Faloon and Geltmacher Advertisement

Feasting on Sweet Corn at the Corn Bowl

Field of Shocked Corn

First Methodist Church of Bloomington

Delaware Village in Federal Land Survey

Corn Blotter Advertisement from 1916 Corn Show

Corn Celebration Preparation

Corn Design on Float

Corn Planter Advertisement

Horses harvesting cornfield

Laying Tile about 1940

Front of Typical I-House

Funk Brothers State Fair Exhibit

Funk Inbreds

Funk Soybean Processing Mill

Karr Homestead, Bloomington, Illinois

Kickapoo Band

Klemm's Overall Manufacturing Company Workroom

Giant Ear of Corn from 1915 Festival

Grain elevator

Hedged Cornfield about 1925

Herding hogs to Chicago

Higgins Stone Masons

Sellman's Blacksmith Shop Building

Sellman's Blacksmith Shop Inside

Moving corn from combine to wagon

U.S. Food Administration Advertisement

Van Schoick and Company Pork Packers Advertisement

Walton Plow Shop

Yellow Dent Corn

Wickizer Bakery, interior

Asahel Gridley, businessman, McLean County, Illinois
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Asahel Gridley, McLean County's first millionaire, had much to say about early farming. Gridley is recognized as one of the first citizens to arrive in Bloomington, Illinois. He arrived there in 1831 and played a role in the founding of the first newspaper and telegraph office. He was a prominent businessman, lawyer and a politician. He was also a friend of Abraham Linco...
Beebee's Patent Cure for Balkiness in Horses Advertisement
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This is an ad for a patent to prevent balkiness in horses and mules. Balkiness is an unwillingness of the horse to move forward. Horses sometimes become balky due to physical ailments such as sharp teeth, sore feet, a sore back, badly fitting tack or emotional ailments such as fear or stubbornness.
100 West Washington Street, Bloomington, Illinois
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Photograph of Washington Street in Bloomington, Illinois in 1904. The image includes text describing each of the numbered items.
Capp Blacksmith Advertisement
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)T.F. Capp owned a blacksmith shop at 303 with Washington where he did horseshoeing and repaired plows.
Bloomington High School Band
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The members of the Bloomington High School Band pose in full uniform.
Bloomington Hoop Skirt Manufactory Advertisement
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The Bloomington Hoop Skirt Manufactory was a manufacturer and wholesale and retail dealer in hoop skirts, corsets, hosiery, zephyrs (light shawls), and underwear. It was run by D. Winter.
Bloomington Manufacturing Company
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The Bloomington Manufacturing Company manufactured the "Graham Mower and Reaper" in the 1860s.
Brown's Corn Planter
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This example of a corn planter shows how two people were required to work the machinery.
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.
Faloon and Geltmacher Advertisement
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Faloon and Geltmacher was a small company on Washington St. in Bloomington that produced medical devices and patent medicines.
Feasting on Sweet Corn at the Corn Bowl
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)During the Corn Bowl, patrons sit at long tables and dine on sweet corn in celebration.
Field of Shocked Corn
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A field of shocked corn in McLean County shows how farmers prepared for the harvest.
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.
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.
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.
Corn Celebration Preparation
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)In downtown Bloomington, an archway of straw bales marks the entrance to tents set up for the annual Cornfest. The Corn Palace is in the background.
Corn Design on Float
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A close-up look at a unique design made of corn on a float in the Bloomington Cornfest parade.
Corn Planter Advertisement
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)An ad for a corn planter with description.
Horses harvesting cornfield
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A team of horses stands at the end of a row of harvested corn and the rest of the unharvested field is on the left. Two horses stand opposite on the other side of a fence.
Laying Tile about 1940
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Workers lay tile in a McLean County field about 1940. A large Buckeye machine is used in the process.
Front of Typical I-House
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The front of the Isaac Funk home, and I-house, which was built in 1842.
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 Inbreds
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Two men stand by stalks of inbred Funk's corn.
Funk Soybean Processing Mill
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Gene Funk built this soybean processing plant in 1924 in Bloomington, modeled after a mill in Chicago Heights.
Karr Homestead, Bloomington, Illinois
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The Karr homestead near Bloomington, photographed about 1885, shows an example of what pioneer field and fences were like.
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.
Klemm's Overall Manufacturing Company Workroom
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Klemm's Overall Manufacturing Co. produced overalls in this large sewing workroom with dozens of women at machines.
Giant Ear of Corn from 1915 Festival
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This giant ear of corn made for the 1915 Bloomington Cornfest is comprised of hundreds of smaller ears of corn.
Grain elevator
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A farmer's elevator in Cooksville, Illinois has wooden siding on all sides. A fence leads to this elevator, which has a shingled roof.
Hedged Cornfield about 1925
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Behind the hedging is a harvested cornfield with a utility pole and wire running through it. Two barns sit in the background.
Herding hogs to Chicago
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This drawing shows farmers herding hogs to Chicago, where they were known to fetch a high price.
Higgins Stone Masons
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Stone masons work at the Bloomington firm, Higgins-Jury-Kleinan.
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.
Sellman's Blacksmith Shop Inside
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Horses stand in waiting as horseshoes hang on the wall inside Ralph with Sellman's blacksmith shop.
Moving corn from combine to wagon
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A Cat Challenger grain cart and 9600 John Deere tractor harvest corn near Shirley, Illinois, in October 1995.
U.S. Food Administration Advertisement
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)An ad for the United States Food Adminstration reads: Corn The Food of the Nation Serve Some Way Every Meal Appetizing Nourishing.
Van Schoick and Company Pork Packers Advertisement
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)William Van Schoick and Company processed the "Celebrated Bloomington Ham." In 1872, the company became the Bloomington Pork Packing Co.
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.
Yellow Dent Corn
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Yellow Dent corn was well known to McLean County's earliest white settlers. This is Reid's Yellow Dent, a later development.
Wickizer Bakery, interior
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Breads and rolls fill the counter of the Wickizer Bakery, which was at 603 N. Main, Bloomington, Illinois.