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World War II B-25

Date: 04 18 1992
Description: "Skunkie," a restored B-25 bomber similar those flown in the famous Jimmy Doolittle Raid on Tokyo. At the 50th anniversary celebration of the raid, "Skunki...
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Leath's Furniture Co. Sale

Date: 04 30 1931
Description: Elevated view looking across street towards a crowd waiting to attend the opening of the Black Furniture Company's bankrupt sale at Leath's furniture store...
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Railroad Crew Posing with Steam Engine

Date: 1890
Description: Crew from the Augusta and Knoxville railroad posing with a steam engine.
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Farmers Cut Wood with Farmall F-30 Tractor

Date: 03 07 1938
Description: Men operating a belt-driven sawmill powered by a McCormick-Deering Farmall F-30 tractor on the property of W.A. Moorhead.
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Convict Labor During World War I

Date: 09 1917
Description: South Carolina convicts building a road at Camp Wadsworth near Spartenberg in preparation for the camp's use as a National Guard training camp. The prisone...
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Mock Artillery Battery

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Description: Stereograph of a mock battery erected by the 79h New York Volunteer Artillery at Seabrook Point, Coosaw River.
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Oyster and Clam Vendor

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Description: An African American vendor of oysters and clams is shown pushing his wheelbarrow. A building with an exterior brick chimney is behind him.
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The Chicken Peddler

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Description: A man poses while selling chickens on the street. A building with an exterior brick chimney is behind him.
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Civil Rights Activist

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Description: A female, African American Civil Rights activist wearing a fur pelt attending a meeting.
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Wadmalaw Island Citizenship Group Building

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Description: Building housing the Wadmalaw Island Citizenship Group.
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Wadmalaw Island Citizen Group Session

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Description: Wadmalaw Island Citizenship group participants in the midst of a session.
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Wadmalaw Island Citizen Group Coffee Break

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Description: Wadmalaw Island Citizenship group coffee break. Third from the left is Bernice Robinson, a teacher in the first school, former Highlander Folk School stud...
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Children Waiting for Parents at Citizenship School

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Description: Two children waiting for their parents at the Wadmalaw Citizenship School.
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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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Sea Island Family

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Description: A family from Sea Island that participated in the Citizenship Group. Cats can be seen to the left and in the doorway.
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Citizenship Group House and Bus

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Description: House and school bus used for a Citizenship group at the sea islands.
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Citizenship Group Island Bedroom

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Description: A bedroom on one of the South Carolina islands which hosted the Citizenship group.
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Sea Island Family Portrait

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Description: Family on Sea Island that was part of the Citizenship group that took place on the island.
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Bernice Williams with Sewing Machine

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Description: Bernice Williams working with a younger CIO member on a sewing machine at the South Carolina Citizenship group.

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