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Lenze's Tinsmith Shop Advertisement

Central Mill and Elevator Company

Van Schoick and Company Pork Packers Advertisement

Checking corn

Bloomington Book Bindery Advertisement

Tile Corn Crib

Display of Corn and Signs

Inside the Shirley Corn Show Tent

Hayes-Custer Building, Normal, Illinois

Faloon and Geltmacher Advertisement

C.H. Freeman Advertisement

C.U. Williams Car Dealership

Bloomington Star Dairy Advertisement

Bloomington Hoop Skirt Manufactory Advertisement

Bloomington Pickle Factory

Ulbrich Advertisement

Seibel Brothers Millinery Building

House Converted to Sheep Barn

William Duncan's House at Towanda Meadows

Bringing corn to the elevator in the 1950s

Soybean Chemical Sprayer

Low Density Corn Planting

Corn Dollar Inside 1916 Corn Palace

Bloomington Corn Palace in 1916

Walking Corn

1947 Corn Bowl Parade Pioneers Float

Dorland's Saw Mill and Tile Factory

James A. Stephens Farm

Tile Work in Lexington about 1888

Funk Seed Corn in Shipping Crates

Tryner and Richardson Cigar Factory

Brokaw Plow Shop

Stevens Manufacturing and Foundry Advertisement

Farmer's Elevator

Illinois Tractor Advertisement

Corn Celebration Preparation

William D. Walters, Jr.

Corn Belt Bank, Bloomington, Illinois

Corn Design on Float

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.
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.
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.
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...
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.
Hayes-Custer Building, Normal, Illinois
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The Hayes-Custer Company manufactured stoves, gas ranges, and furnaces in Normal. It was located near the railroad tracks.
Faloon and Geltmacher Advertisement
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Faloon and Geltmacher was a small company on Washington St. in Bloomington that produced medical devices and patent medicines.
C.H. Freeman Advertisement
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)C.H. Freeman was a watchmaker and engraver on North Main St. in Bloomington.
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.
Bloomington Star Dairy Advertisement
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The Bloomington Star Dairy was located two miles northwest of Bloomington.
Bloomington Hoop Skirt Manufactory Advertisement
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The Bloomington Hoop Skirt Manufactory was a manufacturer and wholesale and retail dealer in hoop skirts, corsets, hosiery, zephyrs (light shawls), and underwear. It was run by D. Winter.
Bloomington Pickle Factory
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The Bloomington Pickle Factory manufactured pickles and vinegar in the 1920s and 1930s.
Ulbrich Advertisement
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)H.with Ulbrich manufactured harnesses, saddles, and collars at several locations in Bloomington from 1883 to 1895.
Seibel Brothers Millinery Building
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The Seibel Brothers Wholesale and Retail Millinery in downtown Bloomington.
House Converted to Sheep Barn
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This building on the Leo Miller farm was constructed as a residence in the 1870s. Twenty years later, it was converted to a sheep barn.
William Duncan's House at Towanda Meadows
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This three-story house built by William Duncan is called Towanda Meadows and designed in Italianate style.
Bringing corn to the elevator in the 1950s
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Several full grain trucks line the street on their way to the grain elevator.
Soybean Chemical Sprayer
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This chemical sprayer douses soybean plants with insecticides to help crop growth.
Low Density Corn Planting
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A farmer walks a cornfield of low density corn in eastern McLean County about 1920.
Corn Dollar Inside 1916 Corn Palace
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The interior of the 1916 Bloomington Corn Palace shows the giant corn dollar on display amongst ears of corn.
Bloomington Corn Palace in 1916
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This sketch of the 1916 Bloomington Corn Palace shows the palace as it was built around the Coliseum.
Walking Corn
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A farmer with a hoe walks corn about 1935.
1947 Corn Bowl Parade Pioneers Float
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A float from Union Auto Insurance, depicting an old covered wagon, pulled by horses, travels in the 1947 Corn Bowl Parade.
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.
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.
Tile Work in Lexington about 1888
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This tile factory of Bartels and Stell was located in Lexington in 1888.
Funk Seed Corn in Shipping Crates
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Funk's seed corn packaged in wooden crates.
Tryner and Richardson Cigar Factory
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Tryner and Richardson's Cigar Factory employed a dozen hand rollers in 1894.
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.
Stevens Manufacturing and Foundry Advertisement
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Stevens Manufacturing and Foundry produced "high grade potato machinery" in Bloomington.
Farmer's Elevator
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A farmer's elevator in Cooksville, Illinois, has siding on all sides. A fence leads to the elevator, which has a shingled roof.
Illinois Tractor Advertisement
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This advertisement from the Illinois Silo and Tractor company promotes a demonstration of a tractor that plows, plants, harrows, and discs the corn.
Corn Celebration Preparation
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)In downtown Bloomington, an archway of straw bales marks the entrance to tents set up for the annual Cornfest. The Corn Palace is in the background.
William D. Walters, Jr.
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)William D. Walters, Jr., a professor of geography at Illinois State University, researched and wrote 'The Heart of the Cornbelt: An Illustrated History of Corn Farming in McLean County,' published in 1997.
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 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.

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