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| Title | Eugene Funk |
| Coverage / Year | c. 1910 |
| Description | This is a portrait of Eugene Funk, who began breeding and selling corn seed. He was a noted seedsman who pioneered the use of hybrid corn. He was the son of LaFayette Funk, co-founder and director the Chicago Union Stockyards. |
| Interpretation | Eugene Funk started breeding seed that would grow rapidly, called Funks 90-Day corn, but many farmers were skeptical of bought seed. Advertising was necessary. His company, Funk Brothers Seed Company, became a major business. |
| Lesson Plans / Themes | How we learn about communities; Communities and Geography; American Communities in History |
| Learning Standards | 15 Economics; 16 History; 18 Social systems |
| Author or Creator | McLean County Historical Society, Bloomington, Ill. |
| Other Contributors | Walters, William D, Jr., 1942-
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| Source | 'The Heart of the Cornbelt: An Illustrated History of Corn Farming in McLean County,' by William D. Walters Jr.; ISBN 0-943788-15-3 (1997) |
| Subject / Keywords | McLean County, Illinois; Corn; Seed trade; Portrait photographs; Farms; Funk, Eugene Duncan, 1867-1944 |
| Collection Publisher | McLean County Museum of History
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| Further Information | For any further information related to this record, please contact the Collection Publisher. See http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/tdc for more information about this project. |
| Rights Management Statement | http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/tdc/conditions.htm |
| Resource Identifier | mch0286; IL MCLEAN AGR WAL - Figure 5:4a, p. 62 |
| CONTENTdm file name | 5155217732002_mch0286.jpg |
