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| Title | Corn Markers Description |
| Coverage / Year | c. 1880 |
| Description | A printed description of the use of a corn marker, along with a drawing of a corn marker. |
| Interpretation | Corn markers were used to mark where corn should be planted, so that stalks were not so close together that they would smother each other but not too far apart that they would waste land space. |
| Lesson Plans / Themes | How we learn about communities; |
| Learning Standards | 16 History; 13 Science, Technology and Society; 15 Economics; 18 Social Systems; |
| Author or Creator | McLean County Historical Society, Bloomington, Ill.; Walters, William D, Jr., 1942- |
| Other Contributors | Hartzold, Susan
Koos, Greg, 1949-
LaBounty, Bill
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| Source | Extra images from 'Just Corn: The Amaizing Story', museum exhibit, 1997 |
| Subject / Keywords | McLean County, Illinois; Bloomington, Illinois; Corn markers; Runners; Sketches |
| 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 | mch0393 - Digital Images Master CD - museum archives |
| CONTENTdm file name | 2653420562002_mch0393.jpg |
