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Horton House after a Tornado

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Description: Horton House at Highlander after a tornado. A tractor is pulling away a fallen tree.
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Man Gesturing with Cigar

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Description: A man holding a cigar is gesturing wildly. A portrait of Franklin Delano Roosevelt hangs behind him. An unidentified man and Catherine Winston sit on eit...
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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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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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Zilphia Horton Operating Film Projector

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Description: Zilphia Horton(?) learning to operate a film projector at Highlander Folk School. Three people observe behind her.
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Playing Banjo at a Bar-B-Que

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Description: Night bar-b-que at Highlander Folk School, featuring a banjo player, Malcolm (Mike?) Ross, frailing on an open-back five-string banjo.
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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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Writing on Chalkboard at Citizenship School

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Description: A woman writing on a chalkboard as part of the Citizenship School on Johns Island.
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Bunk House Philosophers

Date: 10 1948
Description: Three men talking around a bunk bed.
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Portrait of Zilphia Horton

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Description: Portrait of Zilphia Horton, wife of Myles Horton, the founder of Highlander Folk School.
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Automobile Workers at Highlander

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Description: Automobile workers standing with Myles Horton (second from right), at Highlander Folk School.
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Myles Horton Inspecting Broken Window

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Description: Myles Horton inspecting a group of broken windows at Highlander Folk School.
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Rock Garden

Date: 1930
Description: A rock garden on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus surrounds an oak tree in front of the Home Economics Building.
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George E. Rose, Superintendent of Wisconsin Steel Works

Date: 12 30 1935
Description: George E. Rose, Superintendent of the Wisconsin Steel Works (factory) at a 4-H club award event. Original caption reads: "Geo. E. Rose, general superintend...
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4-H Club Accounting Champion on F-30 Tractor

Date: 1935
Description: M. Ogden Riddle, National 4-H farm accounting champion, sitting on a Farmall F-30 tractor. Photograph taken by H.C. Ray.
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Student with Drilling Machine

Date: 12 20 1961
Description: A student at the Milwaukee Vocational and Adult Schools operates a drill press.
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Age and School Certificate Cover

Date: 01 05 1907
Description: A photograph of an "Age and School Certificate" for "Peter Stacloroski(?)." The certificate is filled in by hand and gives the boy's address as "399 N. 25 ...
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Mary Lee Griggs and Children with Blocks

Date: 1941
Description: Mary Lee Griggs, head of Parent Education and director of the Play School at Neighborhood House, with Catherine Oliva, Delores Caire, and Sam Moskowsky. Th...
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"Stuff the Scout" on Tri-State College Campus

Date: 02 19 1969
Description: "Stuff the Scout" on Tri-State College campus. Top image shows men 'stuffed' in an International Harvester Scout. Bottom photograph shows a woman sitting o...

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