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Unitarian Work Campers Cleaning School Grounds

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Description: Two work campers at the Highlander Folk School cleaning the school grounds. The boy in front is using a scythe to clear brush.
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Farmers Union Workshop Meal

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Description: Farmers Union Workshop eating a meal together. Tom White, extreme left, was the Tennessee legislative representative of the Brotherhood of Railway Conducto...
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Farmers Union Meeting

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Description: A Farmers Union discussion at Highlander Folk School. Jim Patton appears fourth from left.
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Farmers Union Member Plowing

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Description: A youthful member of the Farmers Union, working a manual plow.
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Milking a Cow at Children's Camp

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Description: Barbara King, 5-years-old, milking a cow and feeding a cat at the Highlander Folk School Children's Camp.
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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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Food, Tobacco and Agriculture Workers Session

Date: 1947
Description: Food, Tobacco and Agriculture Workers session at Highlander. Connie Anderson, Educational Director for the organization, is standing in the center.
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Picnic Behind Highlander

Date: 1935
Description: A student at Highlander having a picnic behind the school.
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Horton House after a Tornado

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Description: Horton House at Highlander after a tornado. A tractor is pulling away a fallen tree.
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Cleaning Hogs for CIO Bar-B-Que

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Description: Two men cleaning hogs for a CIO Bar-B-Que at Highlander Folk School.
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Perry Horton in Highlander Garden

Date: 1934
Description: Perry Horton, father of Myles Horton, in the Highlander Folk School garden.
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Mac Amos Lecturing at Highlander

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Description: J.C. McAmis (Mac) lecturing on organic food advocacy at Highlander. Poster in back reads, "Save Freedom of Speech". Myles Horton on left.

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