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Striking Workers at Lookout Oil

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Description: Striking members of the United Packinghouse Workers of America Local 186 in a picket line at Lookout Oil & Refining Company, a producer of salad and vegeta...
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Zilphia and Thorsten Horton

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Description: Zilphia Horton with son, Thorsten, sitting on the bench of a carriage.
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Thorsten Horton Using a Saw

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Description: Thorsten Horton, son of Myles and Zilpha Horton, using a saw to cut wood at Highlander Folk School.
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Highlander Visitors

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Description: Myles Horton conversing with visitors to Highlander Folk School.
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Automobile Workers at Highlander

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Description: Automobile workers standing with Myles Horton (second from right), at Highlander Folk School.
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Small Group Meeting at Highlander

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Description: A small group meeting at Highlander. From left to right: J.C. McAmis, TVA; Myles Horton, Tennessee Farmers Union; Mr. H.N. Hatley, Tennessee Farmers Union...
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Greeting CIO Student

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Description: Zilphia Horton greeting a male CIO student on a rainy day at Highlander Folk School.
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Old Men Reclining in Chairs

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Description: Old men reclining in classroom style chairs.
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Jim Patton at Alabama Farmers Union Convention

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Description: Jim Patton (center) at Alabama Farmers Union Convention.
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Girl on Porch

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Description: A girl in a plaid skirt and jacket, posing on a porch.
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Thorsten Horton in the Woods

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Description: Thorsten Horton, son of Myles and Zilphia Horton, in a wooded area, with cousin Shelby Arden Flint.
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Workers Session at Highlander

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Description: Five men posing at a workers session at Highlander: second from left, Southern Regional director; second from right, Myles Horton.
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Child Milking Cow

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Description: A child from the East Tennessee Farmers Union milking a cow covered with flies.
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Mr. Bradley's Smokehouse

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Description: Smokehouse belonging to a Mr. Bradley in East Tennessee.
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Two Women at CIO Session

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Description: Two women talking on a foliage covered bench as part of a CIO session at Highlander Folk School.
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Mine, Mill, and Smelters Union Meal

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Description: Mine, Mill and Smelter workers eating a meal at Highlander Folk School.
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Myles and Zilphia Horton Square Dancing

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Description: Myles and Zilphia Horton Square Dancing at Highlander Folk School with two other people.
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Farmers Union Picnic

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Description: Women wearing patterned dresses at a Farmers Union Picnic at Highlander Folk School.
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Family Reading the "Union Farmer"

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Description: A family reading the newspaper "Union Farmer" together.
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Myles Horton

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Description: Portrait of Myles Horton, founder of Highlander Folk School.

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