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1. Corn Palace Sketch Corn Palace Sketch McLean County, Illinois; Bloomington, Illinois; Corn; Sketches; Celebrations; Festivals; Harvesting; A sketch of the Bloomington Colliseum turned Corn Palace for the annual Cornfest harvest celebration.
2. Plow Sketch Plow Sketch McLean County, Illinois; Bloomington, Illinois; Plows; Sketches A sketch of an early plow, probably hitched to oxen or horses. A hook at the front provides for the hitch. At the back are handles for the farmer to guide the plow. A wheel in the middle provides movement....
3. Row Marker Sketch Row Marker Sketch Horses; Plows; Sketches A sketch of a man in a row marker being pulled by two horses. The vehicle has large wheels on each side.
4. Harvest Time Sketch Harvest Time Sketch McLean County, Illinois; Bloomington, Illinois; Corn shocks; Harvesting; Farmers; Farming; Sketches A harvest scene sketch of a farmer shocking corn, another harvesting it, and bundles of shocked corn scattered throughout the field.
5. Local Indian Traditions Local Indian Traditions Kickapoo Nation; Custer, Milo, 1880-; Bloomington, Illinois; Indians of North America Milo Custer's 1914 account of local indian traditions (7 pages).
6. Painting: Untitled (Illinois River) Painting: Untitled (Illinois River) Painting; Landscape; Oil on canvas; Waycott, Hedley, 1865-1938; Illinois River; A painting of an autumnal view of the Illinois River as seen from a grassy bluff in the Prospect Avenue area of Peoria, with the river in the background, three tall trees extending beyond the picture frame...
7. Illinois in 1837 Illinois in 1837 Illinois; Champaign County, Illinois; McLean County, Illinois; Farming; Rivers; Construction; Travel Illinois in 1837 : a sketch descriptive of the situation, boundaries, face of the country, prominent districts, prairies, rivers, minerals, animals, agricultural productions, public lands, plans of internal...
8. Dennis Kenyon Farmstead in 1874 Dennis Kenyon Farmstead in 1874 McLean County, Illinois; Cabins; Farms; Fences; Homesteading; Sketches This sketch of the Dennis Kenyon farm appeared in the 1874 Atlas of McLean County.
9. Corn Plant Drawing Corn Plant Drawing McLean County, Illinois; Corn; Sketches; Sketch of a corn plant.
10. Granger Protest Meeting Granger Protest Meeting McLean County, Illinois; Farmers' groups; Farming; Protest movements; Railroads; Sketches This sketch shows a protest meeting of Grangers shown in the History of the Grange Movement.
11. Bloomington Corn Palace in 1916 Bloomington Corn Palace in 1916 McLean County, Illinois; Corn; Festivals; Castles & palaces; Harvesting; Sketches This sketch of the 1916 Bloomington Corn Palace shows the palace as it was built around the Coliseum.
12. Plowing with Two Horses Plowing with Two Horses Farmers; Farming; Whips; Cattle; Plowing; Ox teams; Prairies; Sketches A sketch of a farmer, with overalls, a beard, and straw hat, plowing behind two horses in a field with weeds.
13. Moving Oxen Moving Oxen Ox teams; Farmers; Farming; Whips; Cattle; Prairies; Sketches A sketch of a man whipping six oxen in front of a plow in the field.
14. Driving Hogs to Market Driving Hogs to Market Hogs; Farmers; Farming; Prairie; Pigs; Sketches A sketch of men with whips driving a herd of hogs to market.
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