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James R. Holbert

Melvin and Ada Hendricks

Cooksville, Illinois, in the late 1800s

Cartoonist View of Tractor Contest

P.M. Stubblefield Homestead in 1887

Cultivating Corn

Yellow Dent Corn

Husking Hook

Chicago Stock Yards

Masthead from McLean County Anti-Monopolist

Mole Ditcher

Horse Drawn Corn Picker

Corn Dryers

Murphy Farms in winter

Tile Barn Remains

Cultivating Corn with Horses

Cattle Crossing Broken Fence

James Wilson Jessee

Corn Palace Sketch

Mary (Rengal) Hartzold

Funk Brothers Seed Advertisement

Diagram of Funk hybrids

Man holding cornstalks

Spraying before planting

Combining corn

The National Concrete Block Company

Pantagraph Workers

National Automatic Scale Advertisement

J.C. Garrigus and Son Advertisement

Bloomington Brush and Trunk Company Advertisement

Corn Belt Creamery Co. Advertisement

Chinch Bug Barriers

Cornbelt Exposition Sign

Laying Tile about 1940

Pantagraph Composing Linotype

J.W. Bowles and Company Advertisement

Haldeman Marble Work Advertisement

R.R. Thompson and Son Advertisement

Price Jones 1914 Tile Barn

Corn Palace at the Bloomington Cornfest

James R. Holbert
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)James R. Holbert worked with the Funk Brothers in McLean County in developing many new plant products.
Melvin and Ada Hendricks
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This photo shows Melvin and Ada Hendricks on their wedding day, February 25, 1939.
Cooksville, Illinois, in the late 1800s
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This photo shows the business section of Cooksville in 1885.
Cartoonist View of Tractor Contest
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This cartoon depicts a 1916 tractor contest and demonstration.
P.M. Stubblefield Homestead in 1887
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Phineas M. Stubblefield built this farm and home in 1887.
Cultivating Corn
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A farmer cultivates his field behind two horses in this drawing.
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.
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.
Chicago Stock Yards
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Cattle are stored in pens at the Chicago stock yards.
Masthead from McLean County Anti-Monopolist
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This masthead is from an anti-monopolist newspaper briefly published in Saybrook.
Mole Ditcher
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The mole ditcher was an iron-tipped log, series of logs, or round iron blade (such as seen here) about four inches in diameter, which was pulled through the soil a few inches under the surface.
Horse Drawn Corn Picker
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A horse drawn corn picker harvests the crop in the early 1900s in McLean County.
Corn Dryers
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Corn is suspended from the ceiling for drying purposes.
Murphy Farms in winter
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)During the winter months, snow covers the topsoil of cornfields with dead cornstalks, exposed here at Murphy Farms near Shirley.
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 Corn with Horses
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A farmer cultivates a field of corn with a team of two horses.
Cattle Crossing Broken Fence
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This drawing shows how cattle and other livestock would wander beyond farms if proper fencing was not installed.
James Wilson Jessee
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A veteran of the Civil War, James Wilson Jessee worked as a farmhand after the war.
Corn Palace Sketch
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A sketch of the Bloomington Colliseum turned Corn Palace for the annual Cornfest harvest celebration.
Mary (Rengal) Hartzold
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Mary (Rengal) Hartzold of Dry Grove Township, McLean County, Illinois. She was the wife of Henry Hartzold, a farmer.
Funk Brothers Seed Advertisement
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)In order to promote their hybrids, Funk Brothers Seed Company advertised their new products. This ad for 90-day corn ran about 1900.
Diagram of Funk hybrids
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This detailed diagram shows the steps involved in cross corn to make Funk's hybrids.
Man holding cornstalks
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A man dressed in a vest and tie holds up a complete corn plant in each hand, each about 11 feet high.
Spraying before planting
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)McLean County Farm Service uses machinery to spray herbicide on land farmed by Murphy Farms in the spring of 1995.
Combining corn
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)In a John Deere 4400 combine, Darrell Beehn harvests corn near Shirley, Illinois, in September 1995.
The National Concrete Block Company
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Workers for the National Concrete Block Co. construct the foundation for a building.
Pantagraph Workers
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Workers sort through files at the Bloomington Pantagraph Printing and Stationery Co., about 1900.
National Automatic Scale Advertisement
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The National Automatic Scale Company was located at 215 E. Douglas St. in Bloomington. They specialized in the manufacture of scales for agriculture use.
J.C. Garrigus and Son Advertisement
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)J.C. Garrigus and Son manufactured and repaired harnesses and saddles at their 406 N. Main St. shop from 1889 to 1893.
Bloomington Brush and Trunk Company Advertisement
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The Bloomington Brush and Trunk Co. was a 19th century manufacturer. They produced brushes of all types -- clothes, stove, shoe, tooth, hair, and paint -- and, in 1877, expanded production to included travelers' trunks and suitcases.
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.
Chinch Bug Barriers
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This farmer with his tractor erected barriers in his fields to prevent chinch bugs from destroying crops.
Cornbelt Exposition Sign
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This sign advertises for the Bloomington Corn Exposition Oct. 16-21, 1939.
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.
Pantagraph Composing Linotype
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A worker composes linotype at Bloomington Pantagraph Printing and Stationery Co., about 1900.
J.W. Bowles and Company Advertisement
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)J.with Bowles and Company manufactured the National Kidney and Liver Cure, a popular patent medicine, in Normal, Illinois.
Haldeman Marble Work Advertisement
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The Haldeman Marble Work shop, established in 1851, was located at 223 E. Front Street in Bloomington.
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.
Price Jones 1914 Tile Barn
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This tile barn was built by Price Jones in 1914 to house feeder cattle. It is located near Towanda.
Corn Palace at the Bloomington Cornfest
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A Corn Palace was the center of the 1915 Bloomington Cornfest. This photo was taken at night.

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