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| Title | Corn Palace Sketch |
| Coverage / Year | 1915 |
| Description | A sketch of the Bloomington Colliseum turned Corn Palace for the annual Cornfest harvest celebration. |
| Interpretation | Each autumn during harvest, Bloomington would host a corn festival in celebration of the year's crop. At the Corn Palace, the center of activities, contests were held and speeches given. |
| Lesson Plans / Themes | How we learn about communities; Celebrations and Festivals |
| 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; Sketches; Celebrations; Festivals; Harvesting; |
| 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 | mch0397 - Digital Images Master CD - museum archives |
| CONTENTdm file name | 9374220562002_mch0397.jpg |
