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Children at the State School for the Blind

Date: 1893
Description: Students and adults of the State School for the Blind pose for a group portrait in front of the building.
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Myles Horton

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Description: Seated group observes Myles Horton making notes.
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Curtiss Aviation School Students

Date: 03 07 1912
Description: Students of the Curtiss School of Aviation on North Island moving a plane into position for a lesson.
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Curtiss Aviation School Students

Date: 05 1912
Description: The 1912 class at the Glenn Curtiss Aviation School on North Island, near San Diego. Milwaukee's John Kaminski (in white shirt and tie) is second from the ...
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Colonial Hall / Kehl School Of Dance

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Description: A group of men stand outside Colonial Hall / Kehl School of Dance, 113 East Mifflin Street. Part of an alley can be seen to the right.
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State Normal School

Date: 1870
Description: State Normal School. A group of men are standing in the tall grass in the left foreground.
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Taliesin

Date: 1925
Description: View of a man standing near the pond and spillway on the grounds of Taliesin, Frank Lloyd Wright's residence and architectural school complex. Taliesin is ...
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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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Vera McCampbell Testifying

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Description: Vera McCampbell, former teacher in Grundy County, who came to the mountains with May Justus before Highlander Folk School was started in 1932, testifying d...
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Zilphia Horton Talking to Oil Worker

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Description: Zilphia Horton talking to an oil worker from the CIO school.
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Hod Carriers Union

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Description: Hod Carriers Union and Workers Alliance during W.P.A. period, community meeting near the school in the late 1930s and 1940s. Depicted: Ralph Tefferteller, ...
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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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Hosiery Workers

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Description: A group of hosiery workers sitting on a bench, smoking cigarettes, and drinking coffee.
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Health Seminar Filming

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Description: Highlander Film Center preparing a health seminar for Alabama.
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Stacked Logs Near Highlander

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Description: Two men wearing fedora hats are standing by stacked logs. One of the men is writing in a notebook.
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Man Sitting at Table

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Description: An unidentified African American man, wearing a torn sweater and a corduroy baseball cap, sitting at a table.
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Clambake at Civil Rights Workshop

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Description: Civil Rights workshop of Highlander participants partaking in an oyster feast on Johns Island.
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Mrs. Brewer's Class at Edisto Island

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Description: Mrs. Brewer teaching a citizenship class at Edisto Island. Septima Clark, far left.
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Civil Rights Workshop Members Wearing Hats

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Description: Two members, one male and one female, of a Civil Rights Workshop at Highlander Folk School, participating in a game. The man is wearing a homemade hat.

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