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Zilphia Horton Leading Songs

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Description: Zilphia Horton leading singing at CIO School during Holiday season. At the table on the right, Myles Horton, Mike Ross, Tom Ludwig, and Joyce Mitchell.
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CIO Student Picnic at Foster Falls

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Description: A group of CIO students, who are attending Highlander Folk School, enjoying a picnic at the nearby Foster Falls picnic area. Dad Horton standing on the lef...
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Augville Workers Discussion at Highlander

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Description: Augville workers at Highlander Folk School. Lower left, southern director leading a discussion.
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Farmers Union Workshop near Water

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Description: Farmers Union workshop outdoors near water at Highlander Folk School. B.R. Brazeal is on the extreme left. May Justus, Highlander's Secretary-Treasurer, a...
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Zilphia Horton Singing on Picket Line

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Description: Zilphia Horton playing an accordion and singing on a picket line. A group of men and women sit in chairs in front of a tent. Sign on left reads, "Peaceful ...
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Russell Bull Fishing in Highlander Lake

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Description: Russell Bull, regional Packinghouse Workers director, fishing in Highlander Lake. He has just caught a largemouth bass.
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Farmers Union Baseball Game

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Description: Farmers Union baseball game at Highlander Folk School.
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Two Men on Porch at Highlander

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Description: Two CIO members sitting on porch outside of the Barton recreational department cabin at Highlander Folk School. One of the men is playing a guitar.
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Hosiery Workers Skit at Highlander

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Description: Three men are dressed as women, wearing brasseries, and skirts made from newspaper. Part of a hosiery workers workshop skit at Highlander Folk School.
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Hosiery Workers Laughing at Highlander

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Description: A group of four hosiery workers participating in a skit and wearing accessories made from newspaper, as part of a Highlander Folk School workshop. Joie Wil...
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Cutting Lines of Paper at CIO Workshop

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Description: Participants in a CIO workshop at Highlander Folk School cut long ribbons of paper. Extreme left, J.D. Marlowe, a community member.
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Fishing in a Bucket at Highlander

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Description: A woman (possible Leny Vanbrink) pretending as though she was fishing in a bucket as part of a CIO activity at Highlander Folk School. Three people stand b...
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Cleaning Hogs for CIO Bar-B-Que

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Description: Two men cleaning hogs for a CIO Bar-B-Que at Highlander Folk School.
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CIO Discussion in front of Highlander

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Description: A man in a white fedora leading a CIO discussion from a pamphlet at Highlander Folk School.
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Zilphia Horton Leading Farmers Union Session

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Description: Zilphia Horton playing the accordion and leading a sing-a-long during a Farmers Union session at Highlander Folk School. Myles Horton middle at table; DeJa...
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Early CIO Session at Highlander

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Description: Zilphia Horton leading songs at Highlander during an early union CIO session. Charlie Wilson, board member, extreme right, next to him is his wife Frankie....
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Break during Gatlingburg Conference

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Description: A rural minister and a farmer from Kodak, Tennessee, taking time out for coffee after one of the residence classes at the Gatlingburg conference on Organiz...
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Building at Highlander

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Description: Two men working on the construction of a building at Highlander Folk School.
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Third Farmers Union Session

Date: 10 1948
Description: Group portrait of the third Farmers Union session at Highlander Folk School.
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Portrait of Tom Bradley

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Description: Portrait of Tom Bradley of Greeneville, Tennessee, sitting in a wooden chair.

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