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CIO Kitchen Duty

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Description: CIO students doing kitchen duty at Highlander Folk School. Myles Horton helping.
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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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Angel with Gavel

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Description: Illustration of a male angel figure, wearing eyeglasses and carrying a gavel. Part of a poster made for the Highlander Folk School.
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Three Children Singing

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Description: Three children sitting on a porch singing together and playing pattycake.
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Highlander High School Students

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Description: Portrait of six unidentified high school students, with their teacher, at Highlander Folk School.
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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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Girl Wringing Out Shorts

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Description: A young girl helps her mother with laundry by wringing out a pair of shorts next to a wash basin.
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John Dalwin Children

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Description: Group portrait of the children of John Dalwin at Highlander Folk School.
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Boys Outside Carnival Tent

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Description: Boys in overalls standing outside of what appears to be a carnival tent.
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Farmers Union Members by Fertilizer Co-op

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Description: Private building of Farmers Union Fertilizer Co-op, with three men in work clothes sitting in front. Junior Marlow on right.
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A Meeting at Highlander

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Description: A meeting at Highlander Folk School. Guy Carawan is holding a banjo on far left. Septima Clark is standing third from the left. Matt Sturgis, holding an ac...
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Myles Horton Searching for Doodle Bugs

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Description: Myles Horton doodling for doodle bugs outside the Highlander Library.
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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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Woman with Towel Helping Another Woman

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Description: A smiling woman with a towel is swabbing the side of a woman's head at a CIO or Amalgamated Transit Union workshop at Highlander Folk School. Another woman...
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Myles Horton near Highlander Library

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Description: Myles Horton (right), standing in front of the library building with unidentified individual, at Highlander Folk School.
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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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Women on Street Near Highlander

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Description: Two elderly women walking on a sidewalk next to a storefront.
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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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