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Corn Crib on Lewis Bohrer Farm

Nelson Jones Home, South of Towanda, Illinois

Testing Seed Germination at Funk Brothers

Cooksville, Illinois, Grain Elevator about 1910

Prairie Breaking

Rear of Typical I-House

Cyclists' Ten Commandments & ID Card

Richard M. Britt

Kickapoo Words for the Corn Plant

Bloomington Bicycle Club, Illinois

Sanborn Map, Grand Opera House, 1901

Interior of a Pullman Car

Sanborn Map, McLean County Court House, Bloomington, Illinois

McLean Bicyclists

Tilbury Flash' Airplane

Farm 46 in 1997

Naffziger Round Tile Barn

The Heart of the Cornbelt book cover

Worm Fence

Corn Plant Drawing

Trimmed Hedge in Old Town Township

Picnic at Funk Farms

Concrete Block Barn

Heafer Tile Company in Bloomington

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

Beebee's Patent Cure for Balkiness in Horses Advertisement

School Work Corn Exhibit of McLean County

Pantagraph Letterhead

Capp Blacksmith Advertisement

Pantagraph Book Binding

F.J. Hoffman Business Receipt

Illinois Tractor Advertisement

Bloomington Trunk Factory Advertisement

Higgins Stone Masons

Klemm's Overall Manufacturing Company Workroom

Moving corn to elevator

Corn head on John Deere combine

Funk Soybean Processing Mill

Plowing Contest

Land Use on Adlai E. Stevenson Farm 46 in 1935

Corn Crib on Lewis Bohrer Farm
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This drawing of the Lewis Bohrer farm shows a corn crib in the upper right corner.
Nelson Jones Home, South of Towanda, Illinois
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The Nelson Jones home, south of Towanda, was the first of several large Italianate farmhouses built in McLean County.
Testing Seed Germination at Funk Brothers
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A man tests seed germination inside a Funk building.
Cooksville, Illinois, Grain Elevator about 1910
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The farmer's grain elevator sits in Cooksville in 1910.
Prairie Breaking
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This drawing shows a yoke of oxen plowing a field.
Rear of Typical I-House
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The rear of the Isaac Funk home, and I-house, which was built in 1842.
Cyclists' Ten Commandments & ID Card
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The ID card and Ten Commandments contain personal information about Lyman R. Tay. Interpretation Text includes: Copyright 1897 "THE CYCLIST'S TEN COMMANDMENTS" Thus spoke the wheel: I am thy friend in need, thy friend indeed. Thou shalt have no other wheel but me . . . Thou shalt not take me in rain, nor on the wrong path. Remember the road to keep it wholly,...
Richard M. Britt
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Richard M. Britt was an early farmer in Mount Hope Township in McLean County.
Kickapoo Words for the Corn Plant
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The Kickapoo used various words in the diagram to identify parts of the corn plant.
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.
Interior of a Pullman Car
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The Pullman dining car is decorated with elaborate furniture, curtains and carpeting.
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, 1892.
McLean Bicyclists
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Three young women from McLean, Illinois, are shown with their bicycles.
Tilbury Flash' Airplane
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The "Tilbury Flash" is shown on the grounds of the Bloomington Airport, Illinois. It was a small racing airplane, with an 18-foot wing span and a motorcycle engine. It hangs from the ceiling at the McLean County Musuem of History.
Farm 46 in 1997
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This photo of a cornfield on Farm 46 near Heyworth in 1997 shows the difference in crop production today from that in the 1930s.
Naffziger Round Tile Barn
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This circular tile sided barn was built by William Naffziger in 1916 in Mount Hope Township, McLean County.
The Heart of the Cornbelt book cover
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This cover from The Heart of the Cornbelt: An Illustrated History of Corn Farming in McLean County by William D. Walters Jr. covers corn farming from Native Americans to present.
Worm Fence
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This zigzag, or worm, fence was common for pioneer fields, although such fencing took up valuable land.
Corn Plant Drawing
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Sketch of a corn plant.
Trimmed Hedge in Old Town Township
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This hedge in Old Town Township, McLean County, is one of the few surviving examples of traditional trimming in the county.
Picnic at Funk Farms
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)People gather at Funk Farms for a picnic. Cars are seen in the background.
Concrete Block Barn
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This concrete block barn was built around 1900.
Heafer Tile Company in Bloomington
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Edgar Heafer's tile plant, the Heafer Tile Company, produced many tiles for field drainage.
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.
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.
School Work Corn Exhibit of McLean County
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This boys corn exhibit of McLean County was shown at a Teacher's Institute on December 17, 1909, in Normal, Illinois.
Pantagraph Letterhead
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Letterhead for the Bloomington Pantagraph Printing and Stationery Co. which offers a variety of printing services.
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.
Pantagraph Book Binding
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Workers bind books at The Bloomington Pantagraph Printing and Stationery Co., about 1900.
F.J. Hoffman Business Receipt
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)In 1874, F.J. Hoffman offered his services for "Fancy and Plain Window Dress".
Illinois Tractor Advertisement
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The Illinois Tractor Company in Bloomington promised "the lowest priced tractor in the world.
Bloomington Trunk Factory Advertisement
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The Bloomington Trunk Factory manufactured trunks, satchels, valises, and traveling bags in Bloomington in the late 1800s.
Higgins Stone Masons
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Stone masons work at the Bloomington firm, Higgins-Jury-Kleinan.
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.
Moving corn to elevator
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)With a barn in the background, a tractor pulls two wagons of grain to an elevator on the Beehn hog farm in the fall of 1995.
Corn head on John Deere combine
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The corn head of a 9600 John Deere combine during the 1995 harvest.
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.
Plowing Contest
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This 1914 plowing contest featured tractors that competed as hundreds of spectators watched.
Land Use on Adlai E. Stevenson Farm 46 in 1935
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This drawing shows how the Adlai E. Stevenson Farm 46 sectioned off farmland for beans, corn, pasture, and oats in 1935. Adlai E. Stevenson was a Democratic Party politician and dipolomat. He was elected Governor of Illinois in 1948 by a larger majority than any other candidate in the history of Illinois. He was the Democratic Party's candidate for President of the United...

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