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Fourth Grade Class at Washington School

Date: 10 30 1931
Description: Rear view of a fourth grade class at Washington School, 217 N. Broom Street, at work in the classroom. Caption reads: "A Fourth Grade at Work. Madison Publ...
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Young Man at Hillside Home School

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Description: A young man reads to a group standing outside Hillside Home School.
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Catherine Winston

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Description: Catherine Winston, a staff member at the Highlander Folk School, reading a book and smoking a cigarette.
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Mine, Mill, and Smelters Union

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Description: Mine, Mill & Smelters Union reading by a lake at Highlander Folk School. Will Thomas, second on the right, smoking a pipe.
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Three Men at Highlander

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Description: Unknown group of three men looking over a pamphlet at Highlander Folk School.
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CIO Students Reading

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Description: Two CIO students reading books outside at Highlander Folk School. One book is titled, "The CIO and World Affairs".
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Checkers at Civil Rights Workshop

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Description: Two men playing checkers, while another reads a journal, taking a break from a Civil Rights Workshop at Highlander Folk School.
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Karen Blondell, Antioch Co-op

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Description: Karen Blondell of the Antioch co-op 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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"TVA" Photomontage

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Description: A group of manual laborers are reading books near a tent. "TVA" [Tennessee Valley Authority] has been collaged over the image. Part of a series of Highland...
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May Justus with Charis and Thorsten Horton

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Description: May Justus reading to Charis and Thorsten Horton, children of Myles and Zilphia Horton, at Highlander Folk School.
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Teacher Reading to School Children

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Description: A school teacher reads to elementary school children, who are sitting on the floor in a large, open classroom.
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At Our Lady's Feet

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Description: View of women reading at Saint Xavier Academy, established by the Sisters of Mercy in 1847. The women sit in the grass near a statue of Mary and Jesus. Cap...
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Students Sitting at Desks

Date: 1919
Description: View from front of a classroom of students sitting at their desks in the Sedan Prairie School. A large round woodstove is in the back right corner of the r...
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Students Preparing Lunch in Classroom

Date: 1919
Description: Students sit at desks inside Sedan Prairie School while others stand in the back of the classroom to prepare lunch. The poster hanging on the back wall rea...
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Man and Woman at Desk

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Description: A man is reading at a desk, while a woman writes on a pad of paper seated nearby in an office at the U.S. Naval Training School (Radio).
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Eagle Corners School

Date: 1933
Description: Interior view of Eagle Corners School, a one-room schoolhouse in Richland County. The students are all seated at desks and most are reading. Their coats ha...
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Neighborhood House Album: Play School

Date: 1932
Description: Page from a scrapbook kept by Neighborhood House with images from the Play School: a group of children posing outdoors with buckets and a parasol, director...

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