View, over the crowd, of American Country musician Willie Nelson performs onstage at the debut Farm Aid benefit festival, Champaign, Illinois,...
Deborah Feingold/Corbis via Getty Images) CHAMPAIGNLou Reed, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty and Randy Newman posing on September 22, 1985 in Champaign,...
Deborah Feingold/Corbis via Getty Images) CHAMPAIGN Musicians and songwriters Bob Dylan and Tom Petty pose at Farm Aid on September 22, 1985 in...
Deborah Feingold/Corbis via Getty Images) CHAMPAIGN Musicians and songwriters Bob Dylan and Tom Petty pose at Farm Aid on September 22, 1985 in...
Sheet music cover image of 'The Good Old Songs They Sing At Illinois' by Vernon T Stevens, with lithographic or engraving notes reading 'Rayner...
Color lithograph sheet music cover image of 'Cheer Illini' by Howard R Green and Harold V Hill, Champaign, Illinois, 1912.
Cincinnati Red's Pete Rose squirts champaign at Tony Perez after Perez doused Rose with bubbley seconds before. The Reds celebrated with a clubhouse...
Chicago: Chicago Tribune editor James D. Squires helps editorial cartoonist Jeff MacNelly open the champaign bottles as they celebrate MacNelly's...
Tackled Sized Quarterback. Champaign, Illinois: Hiles Stout, quarterback for the Illinois football eleven, gets off a jump pass during a workout at...
Dick Klein, University of Illinois trainer, treats the ailing shoulder of All-American halfback J.C. Caroline with a diathermy machine November 4th....
Harry Jefferson of Illini, takes ball around right end for a two yard gain in 1st quarter of game against Michigan. Michigan players are: Jerry...
Champaign, Illinois: Consumer advocate Ralph Nader meets with workers at the Illinois Public Action Council in Champaign, Illinois, September 28th.
Caught in the middle...Michigan fullback Louis Baldacci plows through a player pileup for two-yard gain in second quarter of the game with Illinois...
When Penn State defeated Illinois, 14-12 , it was converted halfback Don Bailey who led the Nittany Lions to 279 yards by rushing, fired a scoring...
Milkman Danny Clark displays his new milk wagon, the first horse drawn type to be used in Champaign, in a dozen years. The milk company was the only...
Lou Boudreau, the new manager of the Cleveland Indians, who is on the basketball coaching staff at the University of Illinois during the winter...
Professor Frederick Seitz, head of the Physics Department at the University of Illinois, has been elected President of the National Academy of...
Hurdles champion Renaldo Nehemiah of Maryland poses with his arms on his waist in this closeup photo.
Two of the Big 10's stellar sophomores- Illinois's Mark Smith and Michigan State's Earvin "Magic" Johnson were matched against one another here 1/11...
Canton, NY- Hal Schumacher, brilliant young pitcher of the New York Giants, and first player to graduate during a pennant champaign, as he appeared...
Illinois quarterback Mike Taliaferro holds the game ball after the Illinois' surprise victory over Northwestern, 10-9.
Bob Uecker gets a champaign cocktail over his head from teammate Carl Warwick in St. Louis dressing room after the Cardinals defeated the New York...
Farm Aid. Champaign, Illinois: Willie Nelson reads a letter from Jimmy Cagney expressing his support for the American farmers at the Farm Aid concert...
John Badeen smiles at press conference held shortly after being named 1972 recipient of Nobel Prize ion Physics. First person to win two Nobel Prizes...
Professor Charles C. Morrill of the University of Illinois, College of Veterinary Medicine, examines a five foot long fox snake sent to him by...
Champaign, IL- B.B. King brought the house down at the Farm Aid concert in Champaign, playing his guitar called Lucille.
Singer-songwriters Neil Young, Willie Nelson, and John Mellencamp stand together on stage during the 1985 Farm Aid.
Farmer and a banker, both in suits, signing farm debt adjustment papers, Champaign, Illinois, 1936. From the New York Public Library. .
Musician Bettye Lavette performs during the 2007 Folk and Roots Festival at the Old Town School of Folk Music, Champaign, Illinois, July 14, 2006.
Musician Bettye Lavette performs during the 2007 Folk and Roots Festival at the Old Town School of Folk Music, Champaign, Illinois, July 14, 2006.
Musician Bettye Lavette performs during the 2007 Folk and Roots Festival at the Old Town School of Folk Music, Champaign, Illinois, July 14, 2006.
Musician Billy Joel performs onstage during the first Farm Aid benefit concert at Memorial Stadium, Champaign, Illinois, September 22, 1985.
Musician Bettye Lavette performs during the 2007 Folk and Roots Festival at the Old Town School of Folk Music, Champaign, Illinois, July 14, 2006.
Musician Bettye Lavette performs during the 2007 Folk and Roots Festival at the Old Town School of Folk Music, Champaign, Illinois, July 14, 2006.
Musician Billy Joel performs onstage during the first Farm Aid benefit concert at Memorial Stadium, Champaign, Illinois, September 22, 1985.
Musician Bettye Lavette performs during the 2007 Folk and Roots Festival at the Old Town School of Folk Music, Champaign, Illinois, July 14, 2006.