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Estelle Thompson at CIO School

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Description: Highlander Folk School instructor Estelle Thompson showing leaflet-making and stencil cutting at CIO school.
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Smelter Workers

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Description: Smelter Workers posing, singing together at Highlander Folk School. A woman holding a camera is taking a picture of them.
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Zilphia Horton at CIO School

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Description: Two men walking to a car at the CIO School out in back of Highlander Folk School. Zilphia Horton walks on the right behind them.
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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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Mr. Bradley's Smokehouse

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Description: Smokehouse belonging to a Mr. Bradley in East Tennessee.
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Meeting in Tennessee during CIO period

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Description: Meeting in Tennessee during CIO period, on a street.
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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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Workers Eating at CIO Session

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Description: CIO session over a hedge with workers eating and drinking. Fourth from the left, Cole Danenburg, textile worker.
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Student Making Stencil at Highlander

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Description: Food, Tobacco and Agriculture student at Highlander Folk School creating a stencil to be used to make signs.
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Alabama Ore Workers

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Description: Two ore workers. A pin that reads, "Mine-Mill-CIO" is affixed to the hardhat of the left man.
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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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Family Reading the "Union Farmer"

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Description: A family reading the newspaper "Union Farmer" together.
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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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Discussion Groups on Highlander Lawn

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Description: Informal discussion groups out on the lawn of Highlander. Myles Horton smiling in lower right.
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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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Highlander Visitors

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Description: Myles Horton conversing with visitors to Highlander Folk School.
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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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Striking Workers at Lookout Oil

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Description: Striking members of United Packinghouse Workers of America (UPWA) Local 186 listen to talk from union representative Grover Hathaway, who is not in the pic...

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