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Circus performers on trapeze

Combine on Murphy Farms

Cultivating Corn with Horses

Cultivating Soybeans with Horses

C.U. Williams Car Dealership

Dennis Kenyon Farmstead in 1874

A.E. Swap's Residence and Business, Weston, Illinois

Bloomington Cider and Vinegar Company Advertisement

Bloomington Cracker Company Advertisement

Bloomington - Normal Street Car

Brokaw Plow Shop

Concrete Fence Post

Corn Belt Bank, Bloomington, Illinois

Corn Belt Creamery Co. Advertisement

Corn Crib Building

Corn Landscape

Corn Palace Sign

Corn-Shock Binder

Centennial Parade, Bloomington, Illinois

Central Mill and Elevator Company

Bloomington Bicycle Club, Illinois

Shocked Corn

Single Pen Corn Crib

Skinner School, Hudson Township, Illinois (exterior)

Snowbirds

Taxi Wreck

Threshing Crew

Tile Barn Remains

Tile Corn Crib

Rail Corn Crib

Recovered Indian Corn Fragments

Reuben Benjamin

R.R. Thompson and Son Advertisement

Sanborn Map, Grand Opera House, 1901

Stalk Rake

Planting Osage Orange

Plowing

Seibel Brothers Millinery Building

Sellman's Blacksmith Shop Advertisement

Circus performers on trapeze
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Trapeze artists fly through the air in Bloomington, Illinois.
Combine on Murphy Farms
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A 930 Pixall Combine harvests corn and throws it into a wagon at Murphy Farms in 1995.
Cultivating Corn with Horses
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A farmer cultivates a field of corn with a team of two horses.
Cultivating Soybeans with Horses
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A farmer, pulled by two horses, cultivates his soybean crop about 1930.
C.U. Williams Car Dealership
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)C.U. Williams had several enterprises, including this car dealership. Williams also ran a picture postcard business.
Dennis Kenyon Farmstead in 1874
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This sketch of the Dennis Kenyon farm appeared in the 1874 Atlas of McLean County.
A.E. Swap's Residence and Business, Weston, Illinois
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This drawing is of the small store of A.E. Swap in Weston, McLean County.
Bloomington Cider and Vinegar Company Advertisement
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The Bloomington Cider and Vinegar Co. factory was a short-lived 19th century business packaging vinegar and sweet pickles.
Bloomington Cracker Company Advertisement
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The Bloomington Cracker Company on East Front Street was also Gerken's Bakery.
Bloomington - Normal Street Car
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The photo shows street cars that were part of the street railway system. The viaduct under the C&A tracks in Normal is shown, and it is still used by an occasional auto.
Brokaw Plow Shop
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The Brokaw Plow Shop perfected the 'Bloomington Clipper Plow,' an effective tool for turning prairie soil.
Concrete Fence Post
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This wooden fence was constructed using longer-lasting concrete fence posts.
Corn Belt Bank, Bloomington, Illinois
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The Corn Belt Bank building in downtown Bloomington, with a horse and carriage waiting outside.
Corn Belt Creamery Co. Advertisement
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The Corn Belt Creamery Company produced butter at 211-17 North Prairie St. in Bloomington.
Corn Crib Building
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The side of a wooden corn crib building with ears poking through gaps in the slats of wood. It appears to have a metal roof.
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.
Corn Palace Sign
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This sign identifies the Corn Palace, the center of activity at Bloomington's annual corn festival.
Corn-Shock Binder
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This illustration shows the tools used in binding corn into shocks.
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.
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.
Bloomington Bicycle Club, Illinois
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The members of The Bloomington Bicycle Club are shown with their bicycles.
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.
Single Pen Corn Crib
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Many corn crib forms were possible for corn storage. This is a single crib.
Skinner School, Hudson Township, Illinois (exterior)
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The children of Skinner School, Hudson Township, Illinois, pose with their schoolteacher in front of their schoolhouse.
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.
Taxi Wreck
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A crowd of people surround a wrecked taxi cab on a Bloomington, Illinois, street corner. The rear half of the taxi is demolished.
Threshing Crew
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Members of a threshing crew pose with their thresher near Carlock, Illinois, in 1887.
Tile Barn Remains
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The remains of this round tile barn include the walls. It is located north of Normal, Illinois.
Tile Corn Crib
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This oval corn crib was built of hollow building tile.
Rail Corn Crib
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Rail corn cribs like this one, photographed about 1910, were popular forms of early pioneer corn storage.
Recovered Indian Corn Fragments
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Fragments of corn recovered from the Grand Village of the Kickapoo in 1972.
Reuben Benjamin
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Reuben Benjamin works in the Illinois courthouse's law library.
R.R. Thompson and Son Advertisement
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The R.R. Thompson and Son Company was an early Bloomington mattress and furniture factory.
Sanborn Map, Grand Opera House, 1901
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Sanborn map of the Grand Opera House in McLean County, Illinois, 1901.
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.
Planting Osage Orange
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Farmers planted Osage orange on the large Sibley Farms in neighboring Ford County.
Plowing
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Two men and their horses plow fields near Bloomington, Illinois.
Seibel Brothers Millinery Building
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The Seibel Brothers Wholesale and Retail Millinery in downtown Bloomington.
Sellman's Blacksmith Shop Advertisement
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Ralph with Sellman's blacksmith shop was at 107 S. Madison in Bloomington.