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Bloomington, Illinois

Rosencrans School, interior

Van Schoick and Company Pork Packers Advertisement

Corn Design on Float

Automated Corn Planting

Youngsters with corn

Horses harvesting cornfield

Checking corn

U.S. Food Administration Advertisement

Washing out roots

Bloomington Book Bindery Advertisement

Stump and Coons Business Receipt

Audi-Cord Corporation Advertisement

Schneider's Bakery Advertisement

Lenze's Tinsmith Shop Advertisement

Central Mill and Elevator Company

Market Street School

Report Card

Sanborn Map, Grand Opera House, 1886

Sanborn Map, McLean County Court House, Bloomington, Illinois

Twelve-horse Hitch

Plowing

Stubblefield Horse

Snowbirds

100 West Washington Street, Bloomington, Illinois

Shocked Corn

D.L. White Farmhouse and English Barn

Karr Homestead, Bloomington, Illinois

Shock Frame

Flint Corn

Centennial Parade, Bloomington, Illinois

Maize Illustration

Metal Wheeled Tractor

Melvin Hendricks on Tractor

Tile Corn Crib

Display of Corn and Signs

Inside the Shirley Corn Show Tent

William Goodfellow Farm

Husking Corn By Hand

Bloomington, Illinois
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The photo shows South Center Street in Bloomington, Illinois, around 1857. Shops, sidewalks, livestock, etc. are all visible.
Rosencrans School, interior
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The interior of the Rosencrans School, Illinois, is decorated with pictures and paper chains. The children and their teacher are seated at their desks.
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.
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.
Automated Corn Planting
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)In 1995, a tractor attached to an automated corn planter seeds a field. Bags of Ciba seed are used.
Youngsters with corn
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Three young children sit amongst corn piled on the sidewalk, spilling out of a basket, and housed in two crates.
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.
Checking corn
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A farmer wearing a blue shirt and khaki pants checks a stalk of corn in a field.
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.
Washing out roots
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Standing in a hole around where a cornstalk was growing, a farmer washes the roots of the plant with a hose to inspect the crop.
Bloomington Book Bindery Advertisement
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The Bloomington Book Bindery started business in 1854. Books of all kinds were bound in Russia, Calf, Morocco, or Sheep. Russia was a trade name which applied to a shaved cowhide or calfskin which was begetable-tanned with tannins from willow or other barks. Calf paper is colored and embossed, resembles leather and is now used only occasionally for covering books. Morocco...
Stump and Coons Business Receipt
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)In 1873, Stump & Coons offered their services for horseshoeing and jobbing.
Audi-Cord Corporation Advertisement
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The Audi-Cord Corp. in Normal advertises electronic equipment, including cartridges, recorders, and reproducers.
Schneider's Bakery Advertisement
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)John A. Schneider's Bakery at 301 S. Center St. manufactured bread, cakes, and pies from the 1880s to the 1920s.
Lenze's Tinsmith Shop Advertisement
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Emil Lenze manufactured tin, copper, and sheet iron ware, often for use in roofing and spouting in Bloomington.
Central Mill and Elevator Company
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The Central Mill and Elevator Company was located at 901 E. Front St. in Bloomington, near the railroad.
Market Street School
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The children and teacher of Market Street School pose in front of their schoolhouse.
Report Card
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This is an 1886 Report Card from the Bloomington Public Schools. It belonged to Fanny Perry.
Sanborn Map, Grand Opera House, 1886
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Sanborn map of the Grand Opera House in McLean County, Illinois, 1886. The Opera House is located next to the A. Brockaw Plow Factory. (alternate spelling: Brokaw)
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, 1886.
Twelve-horse Hitch
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This photo shows a 12-horse hitch being used to plow a field in McLean County, Illinois.
Plowing
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Two men and their horses plow fields near Bloomington, Illinois.
Stubblefield Horse
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A Percheron horse stands in the foreground of the Stubblefield Stables. A lot of farm work was carried out with the help of Percheron or Norman horses, which were bred and sold in Normal, Illinois.
Snowbirds
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Survivors of the severe winters called themselves "Snowbirds", and they would meet annually to relive their memories.
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.
Shocked Corn
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Shocked corn as it appears in a farmer's field with a farmer looking on.
D.L. White Farmhouse and English Barn
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The D.L. White farmhouse is a central hall I-House.
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.
Shock Frame
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Instructions for how to shock corn, compete with diagrams from Rural Affairs.
Flint Corn
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Flint corn was praised by early farmers for its ability to withstand wind and weather, but it was not well regarded as livestock feed.
Centennial Parade, Bloomington, Illinois
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A float travels down the street near the west side of the square. The crowds are watching the Centennial Parade, Bloomington, Illinois.
Maize Illustration
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The first illustration of maize in the herbals from De Historia Stirpium of Leonhard Fuchs.
Metal Wheeled Tractor
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Three farmers in overalls look over the engine of a metal wheeled tractor in the 1930s as a well-dressed man sits on the machine with a jug.
Melvin Hendricks on Tractor
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Melvin Hendricks, a farm hand, uses one of the first tractors in McLean County in 1935.
Tile Corn Crib
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This oval corn crib was built of hollow building tile.
Display of Corn and Signs
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This display of corn and McLean County's growing methods informs visitors of the many techniques used by farmers.
Inside the Shirley Corn Show Tent
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Six women sit atop the stage inside the tent at the Shirley Corn Show. Cornstalks don the stage for decoration.
William Goodfellow Farm
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)William Goodfellow built this brick farmhouse in Dale Township.
Husking Corn By Hand
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A migrant worker husks corn by hand in a cornfield in McLean County about 1910.

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