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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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Men's Locker Room at Highlander

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Description: A group of men, one smoking a cigarette, in the men's locker room at Highlander Folk School.
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Farmers Union Picnic

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Description: Women wearing patterned dresses at a Farmers Union Picnic at Highlander Folk School.
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Young Woman Looking Up

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Description: A young woman wearing a cross pendant looking up from a stack of paper.
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Woman in Kimono at Highlander

Date: 09 1959
Description: A woman wearing a kimono at Highlander Folk School.
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Elderly Woman in Highlander Library

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Description: An elderly woman in a straw sun hat reading a book in the Highlander Folk School Library.
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Students Next to Highlander Entrance

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Description: A group of early Highlander Folk School students standing near the entrance sign.
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Pete Seeger at Highlander

Date: 1957
Description: Pete Seeger at Highlander Folk School, possibly at a 25th anniversary celebration, where he was in charge of music. Playing an Orpheum #1 open-back five st...
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Laundry at Highlander

Date: 1935
Description: Early 1930s laundry group that helped staff members. Dorothy Carlson at right.
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Swimming in Lake Highlander

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Description: Youth project and children's campers swimming in Highlander Lake
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Men Acting Like Ducks at Highlander

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Description: A group of men imitating ducks, participating in a theatrical performance. A man wielding a shotgun is in the background, and is wearing a hat bearing the ...
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Civil Rights Workshop Members Wearing Hats

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Description: Two members, one male and one female, of a Civil Rights Workshop at Highlander Folk School, participating in a game. The man is wearing a homemade hat.
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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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