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Corn Contest Prize Winners

Date: 05 1911
Description: Six young men, winners of the Wisconsin No. 7 corn contest, pose in front of tent. From left to right: Ray Peterson, Everett Palmer, Earl Ward, Herbert Ec...
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Young Men Laying Out Ears of Corn

Date: 1918
Description: Two young men, probably students, laying ears of corn on wooden table.
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Boys Grain Judging Club

Date: 1917
Description: A group of boys from the Boys Grain Judging Club at Walkenhorst School sitting around a table outdoors to look at cobs of corn. A man, wearing eyeglasses, ...
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Teacher and Classmates Ready to Pick Seed Corn

Date: 1917
Description: A group of boys from the Walkenhorst School holding fabric bags while posing in a field with their instructor on their way to select seed corn.
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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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Two Students in Iowa Cornfield

Date: 07 22 1915
Description: Two students standing in a cornfield. The boy on the right is holding what appears to be a hoe while completing work as part of a high school agriculture c...
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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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Students Preparing for Corn Testing Lesson

Date: 1913
Description: View from rear of a group of students approaching a school where lessons in corn testing are to be given. Several students are sitting on a wagon, and five...
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School Children at Corn Testing Lesson

Date: 1913
Description: Group of school children gathered outdoors with a teacher examining corn kernels after germination.
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Children at Corn Germination Lesson

Date: 1913
Description: Class of children gathered outdoors around a table for a corn germination lesson. Original caption reads: "after the rag dolls are prepared they are immers...
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Hanging Up the Corn

Date: 1914
Description: A man is hanging up strings of corn to demonstrate corn testing in front of a group of children (students?).
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Students Returning to School with Corn

Date: 1919
Description: Small class of students and their teacher carrying sacks full of corn. Original caption reads: "Returning with trophies, Elm Grove School." The writing on ...

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