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Bulgarian Peasants

Date: 1915
Description: Bulgarian peasants attend school to learn American methods of corn culture.
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Agricultural Extension Lecture

Date: 1932
Description: Adults sitting in chairs in a classroom to hear an agricultural extension lecture given by a man standing behind a table or podium at the front of the room...
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Lesson at Mount Prospect High School

Date: 1917
Description: View from the back of a classroom towards a teacher holding an ear of corn while standing near a chalkboard which reads: "Mt. Prospect Twp. High School, Mt...
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Student Testing Corn

Date: 1917
Description: A boy at Mount Prospect High School testing corn as part of the Cook County School Home Project.
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Children Testing Corn

Date: 1917
Description: A group of children from Mount Prospect High School standing around a table in a classroom to conduct corn testing while their instructor is looking on fro...
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Manual Training Room at Iowa School

Date: 10 30 1917
Description: Interior view of the manual training room at Orange Township Consolidated School. Work tables stand throughout the room and the walls are lined with cabine...
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Testing Seed Corn

Date: 1915
Description: Helen Thomas leans over papers on a desk in a classroom, reading the test of her father's seed corn. Another girl stands on the left, writing on a chalkboa...
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Agricultural Lecture

Date: 1919
Description: View from back of room of man standing at the front of a classroom to deliver an agricultural lecture to a group of seated men and women. There are bundles...
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"Rag Doll" Testing

Date: 1913
Description: Class of girls and teacher running a seed germination test ("rag-doll" test) in the classroom. The class is standing around a table, and are using a pail t...
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Inspecting Corn

Date: 1919
Description: Men and women are seated at tables inspecting corn, most likely as part of an instructional session organized by the IH Agricultural Extension. There is a ...
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School Exhibit and Fair

Date: 1925
Description: A display of autumn produce including corn, squash, cabbage and apples occupies a corner of the Centerville School. There are posters of animals, vegetable...
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Winnebago County Agricultural School Classroom

Date: 1907
Description: An interior view of a Winnebago County School of Agriculture and Domestic Economy classroom.
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Teachers

Date: 1914
Description: A group of male and female Cook County teachers studying corn, preparatory to taking up this work in their rural schools.
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Taking out the Kernels

Date: 1914
Description: A young girl and two young boys looking at samples of corn cobs set up on a table.
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Two Women Examining Corn Shoots

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Description: Close-up of two women examining what may be corn shoots. The shoots are on plates, and in a glass on a table. Lantern slide.

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