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Farmall Regular Tractor at Mid-South Fair

Date: 1929
Description: A Farmall Regular tractor stands on outdoor display near a tent at the Mid-South Fair. A sign reading: "Farm With Farmalls; The All-Purpose Tractor; Intern...
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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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Movie Shown at Highlander

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Description: A movie being shown at Highlander Folk School. Still frame reads, "I can hire one-half of the working class to kill the other half," a Jay Gould quote. G...
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Zilphia Horton with Film Projector

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Description: Zilphia Horton attentively learning to operate a film projector.
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Uncle Bill Thomas with His Wife

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Description: Uncle Bill Thomas with his wife. Accompanying caption reads, "Billy was local patriarch, who made all furniture at Highlander, was a lay minister and staun...
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Uncle Bill Thomas in Local Church

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Description: Uncle Billy Thomas, lay minister, in the local church across from Highlander Folk School.
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Lecturing at Highlander

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Description: A man giving a lecture to a group of students at Highlander Folk School.
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Perry Horton in Highlander Garden

Date: 1934
Description: Perry Horton, father of Myles Horton, in the Highlander Folk School garden.
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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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Rosa Parks at Clinton Students Gathering

Date: 1956
Description: Rosa Parks attending a Highlander Christmas vacation event for Clinton Black High School Students, the first integrated in the South.
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L.A. Blackman Outside Highlander Library

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Description: L.A. Blackman, from Elloree, South Carolina, standing outside of Highlander Library.
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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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Zilphia Horton

Date: 1948
Description: Zilphia Horton, smiling.
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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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Koinonia Children's Camp at Highlander

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Description: A group of boys relaxing during Highlander Folk School Koinonia Children's Camp.
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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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Perkins and Miller Implements

Date: 1930
Description: Exterior view of Perkins and Miller I.H.C. Implements, an International Harvester dealership. The sign on the building advertises "Oldfield Tires" and "Fir...
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Highlander Film Center

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Description: Filming a scene for the Highlander Film Center. Fred Lasse standing right of camera.
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Bunk House Philosophers

Date: 10 1948
Description: Three men talking around a bunk bed.

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