public class MyData : ObservableCollection<string>
{
    public MyData()
    {
        Add("Item 1");
        Add("Item 2");
        Add("Item 3");
    }
}

ListBox listBox1 = new ListBox();
MyData listData = new MyData();
Binding binding1 = new Binding();

binding1.Source = listData;
listBox1.SetBinding(ListBox.ItemsSourceProperty, binding1);

// Add a String to the ListBox.
listBox1.Items.Add("This is a string in a ListBox");

// Add a DateTime object to a ListBox.
DateTime dateTime1 = new DateTime(2004, 3, 4, 13, 6, 55);

listBox1.Items.Add(dateTime1);

// Add a Rectangle to the ListBox.
Rectangle rect1 = new Rectangle();
rect1.Width = 40;
rect1.Height = 40;
rect1.Fill = Brushes.Blue;
listBox1.Items.Add(rect1);

// Add a panel that contains multpile objects to the ListBox.
Ellipse ellipse1 = new Ellipse();
TextBlock textBlock1 = new TextBlock();

ellipse1.Width = 40;
ellipse1.Height = 40;
ellipse1.Fill = Brushes.Blue;

textBlock1.TextAlignment = TextAlignment.Center;
textBlock1.Text = "Text below an Ellipse";

stackPanel1.Children.Add(ellipse1);
stackPanel1.Children.Add(textBlock1);

listBox1.Items.Add(stackPanel1);