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Meadows Washer Line

The 'Y' Brick Yard Advertisement

Ed Bowen Harness Shop

Sellman's Blacksmith Shop Advertisement

Walking Corn

Hauling corn to Shirley elevator

Tile Barn Remains

Cultivating Soybeans with Horses

Cultivating Corn with Horses

Henney Kilowatt Advertisement

Pantagraph Workers

Bloomington Bicycle Club, Illinois

Sanborn Map, Grand Opera House, 1901

Pantagraph Composing Room

Taxi Wreck

Bloomington - Normal Street Car

Map, McLean County Railroads in 1860

Untrimmed Osage Orange Hedge Row

Gable Roof Corn Crib

Dennis Kenyon Farmstead in 1874

Circus performers on trapeze

Marking Cornfield

Kickapoo Bear Chief (Mkopahmah)

Map, McLean County Railroads in 1900

McLean County Train Yard

McLean County, Illinois, Street Scene

Moses Montefiore Temple, Bloomington, Illinois

McLean Bicyclists

Threshing Crew

Skinner School, Hudson Township, Illinois (exterior)

Funk Seed Corn in Shipping Crates

Reuben Benjamin

Isaac Funk

Drag Roller

Husking Hook

Dorland's Saw Mill and Tile Factory

Views of the Sholty Homestead in Dale Township

James A. Stephens Farm

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

Meadows Washer Line
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Four workers on the Meadows Washer line assemble clothes washers.
The 'Y' Brick Yard Advertisement
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)S.B. Rankin was the proprietor of The 'Y' Brick Yard on Bunn St.
Ed Bowen Harness Shop
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Ed Bowen works in his harness shop in Bloomington, surrounded by dozens of animal harnesses.
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.
Walking Corn
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A farmer with a hoe walks corn about 1935.
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.
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.
Cultivating Soybeans with Horses
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A farmer, pulled by two horses, cultivates his soybean crop about 1930.
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.
Henney Kilowatt Advertisement
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The Henney Kilowatt electric automobile, was produced by C. Russell Feldman and Henney Motor Car Company in 1953.
Pantagraph Workers
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Workers sort through files at the Bloomington Pantagraph Printing and Stationery Co., about 1900.
Bloomington Bicycle Club, Illinois
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The members of The Bloomington Bicycle Club are shown with their bicycles.
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.
Pantagraph Composing Room
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The Composing Room of The Pantagraph Printing & Stationery Company, Bloomington, Illinois, is detailed in this photo.
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.
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.
Map, McLean County Railroads in 1860
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This map shows the path of railroads through McLean County in 1860.
Untrimmed Osage Orange Hedge Row
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This Osage orange hedgerow in Blue Mound Township, McLean County, has remained untrimmed for many years.
Gable Roof Corn Crib
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Corn cribs like this were built for more than a hundred years in McLean County and were among the most valuable structures on many farms.
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.
Circus performers on trapeze
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Trapeze artists fly through the air in Bloomington, Illinois.
Marking Cornfield
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This drawing of a hand-held planter shows a farmer planting in evenly-marked spaces.
Kickapoo Bear Chief (Mkopahmah)
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Bear Chief (Mkopahmah) was a Kickapoo Indian living on the Kickapoo reservation in Kansas. He was photographed by Milo Custer, who visited there in 1906 and 1911.
Map, McLean County Railroads in 1900
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This is a map of McLean County railroads and grain elevators in 1900.
McLean County Train Yard
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Sanborn map of the train yard in McLean County, Illinois, undated.
McLean County, Illinois, Street Scene
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This photo shows winter in McLean County, Illinois.
Moses Montefiore Temple, Bloomington, Illinois
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This photo shows a man sitting on the steps of the Moses Montefiore Temple. Muddy streets surround the temple.
McLean Bicyclists
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Three young women from McLean, Illinois, are shown with their bicycles.
Threshing Crew
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Members of a threshing crew pose with their thresher near Carlock, Illinois, in 1887.
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.
Funk Seed Corn in Shipping Crates
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Funk's seed corn packaged in wooden crates.
Reuben Benjamin
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Reuben Benjamin works in the Illinois courthouse's law library.
Isaac Funk
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Isaac Funk, an early settler of McLean County, played a large role in agriculture. He was also a member of the Illinois State House of Representatives in 1840 and a member of the Illinois State Senate 1862-1864.
Drag Roller
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This drawing shows a drag roller, a rotating cylinder on one end and a hitch on the other.
Husking Hook
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A corn husking hook was used to strip the ear from its outer covering. It attachs to the hand with canvas and maintains a sharp metal hook.
Dorland's Saw Mill and Tile Factory
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This drawing shows the residence, sawmill, and tile factory of Joseph Dorland in Randolph Township.
Views of the Sholty Homestead in Dale Township
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The Sholty farmstead, built by Jacob Sholty, featured a corn crib, large barn, and his son's residence.
James A. Stephens Farm
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)James A. Stephens erected this brick farmhouse in Mount Hope Township in 1877.
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.