Back of photograph reads: "Outdoor market -- Champaign around 1910." From the "Farmers market--Champaign" photograph envelope.
Summer time is farmers' market season in Central Illinois and it has been for at least the last century. Check out the above photograph of an early 1900s outdoor market in Champaign!
This summer there are various local farmers' markets to choose from in Champaign County and the surrounding areas: The Land Connection Champaign Farmers' Market , Urbana's Market at the Square, and the Homer Farmers' Market are just a few. Visit this Chambanamoms.com blog post to learn the locations and times of farmers' markets in the area.
Also, don't forget to visit The Urbana Free Library as we Read at the Market this summer and sign up for our Summer Reading Program!
-- Donica, Archives Librarian