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D. Boon Cilled a Bar (Daniel Boone)

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Description: A beech tree with the inscription, "D. Boon cilled a bar. 1760" carved into it. The tree was located up to the 1880s near Boone's Creek, Tennessee.
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Radio Interview on Farmall Cub Tractor

Date: 1947
Description: Floyd Sherrod, manager of the company's Memphis Branch, is interviewed by Walter Durham of WMC radio on a Farmall Cub tractor with disc plow. The interview...
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Small Town in Poor Farming Country

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Description: People assembled at storefront along the street of a small town in "poor farming country."
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International Harvester Exhibit at National Dairy Show

Date: 10 1927
Description: International Harvester's exhibit of McCormick-Deering ball-bearing cream separators at the National Dairy Show. The exhibit features a giant demonstrator ...
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International Harvester Cream Separator Exhibit

Date: 11 12 1927
Description: Exhibit of McCormick-Deering ball-bearing cream separators by International Harvester.
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McCormick Harvesting Machine Co. Dealership

Date: 1899
Description: View from street of workers, including some African Americans, loading (and/or unloading) agricultural equipment and parts outside a general office of the ...
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"Old Red" Cotton Picker

Date: 1969
Description: "Old Red," the "first commercial cotton picker," and a new International 622 cotton picker en route to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. "Ol...
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Merrymobile

Date: 04 24 1959
Description: Man driving Merrymobile ice cream vending truck. Press release caption reads: "Merrymobile - colorful ice cream vending vehicle - built by Merrymobile Co.,...
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International C-40 Fire Truck

Date: 04 25 1935
Description: International Model C-40 fire truck with floodlights. The truck was owned by the Memphis, Tennessee fire department. A man stands on top of the truck and g...
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Civil Rights Group with Septima Clark

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Description: A group of Civil Rights activists, including Septima Clark (left), posing in front of the Highlander Library.
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Strikers' Message

Date: 1959
Description: Paul Spencer, a member of United Packinghouse Workers Local 270 in Memphis, reminds citizens of his locals' strike against Wilson & Co.
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Swift Strikers

Date: 1959
Description: Striking members of United Packinghouse Workers Local 270 stand near the Swift & Co., plant in membership in an attempt to prevent Wilson products being lo...
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Factory Workers at Chattanooga Works

Date: 1932
Description: Factory workers and long wheeled carts filled with implement parts at the Chattanooga Plow Works.
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Chattanooga Plow Works Exterior

Date: 1919
Description: Exterior view from street of the Chattanooga Plow Works. Lettering on the building reads "Chattanooga Plow Company." The photograph was likely taken around...
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Chattanooga Plow Works

Date: 1919
Description: Elevated view of the Chattanooga Plow Works. The Eagle Saw Works building is on the right in the background. There are billboards along a street in the cen...
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Chattanooga Plow Works

Date: 1919
Description: Exterior view of the Chattanooga Plow Works. Lettering on the building reads: "Chattanooga Plow Company." The photograph was likely taken around the time o...
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Evaporator at the Chattanooga Plow Works

Date: 1919
Description: Partially assembled self-skimming evaporator at the Chattanooga Plow Works.
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Marriage at Highlander Folk School

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Description: Tom Ludwig and Vida Cox [Ludwig], a neighbor of Highlander Folk School, sitting in a Jeep together after having been married. The couple met while at the s...
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Chattanooga Packinghouse Worker Strike

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Description: Strike of Chattanooga Packinghouse Workers. A number of workers, one holding a picket sign, are sitting on a railroad track.
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Wipe Out Discrimination

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Description: Interior view of the entrance to the Highlander Library, with a CIO student entering the doorway. The poster on the window reads: "CIO says, 'Wipe out Disc...

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