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On a Sugar Plantation in South Carolina

Date: 1859
Description: Hölzlhuber felt his most interesting experiences in America were his interactions with southern slavery. "My sketch here shows a negro family as I saw them...
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Civil Rights Activist

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Description: A female, African American Civil Rights activist wearing a fur pelt attending a meeting.
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Wadmalaw Island Citizen Group Session

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Description: Wadmalaw Island Citizenship group participants in the midst of a session.
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Wadmalaw Island Citizen Group Coffee Break

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Description: Wadmalaw Island Citizenship group coffee break. Third from the left is Bernice Robinson, a teacher in the first school, former Highlander Folk School stud...
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Clambake at Civil Rights Workshop

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Description: Civil Rights workshop of Highlander participants partaking in an oyster feast on Johns Island.
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Mrs. Brewer's Class at Edisto Island

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Description: Mrs. Brewer teaching a citizenship class at Edisto Island. Septima Clark, far left.
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Bernice Williams with Sewing Machine

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Description: Bernice Williams working with a younger CIO member on a sewing machine at the South Carolina Citizenship group.
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Johns Island Group by Morning Star Hall

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Description: A group participating in the Citizenship group standing in front of Morning Star Hall, Johns Island. Charleston Evening Post and New Courier image.
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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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Charleston Civil Rights Meeting

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Description: Charleston civil rights mass meeting, Myles Horton speaking. Joe Brown is sitting to the left of the podium, who later joined the South Carolina legislatur...
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People on River Rocks

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Description: View toward people standing on large rocks in a river. The people are dispersed across the wide river and the river is lined by trees.
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Cypress Gardens

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Description: View from shoreline toward two men and a woman seated in a boat, traveling through the water at Cypress Gardens.
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Cypress Gardens Boating

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Description: View from shoreline toward people boating in Cypress Gardens. Two boats are visible, holding both men and women.
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Sunset Forest Arbor

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Description: A small group sits under an ivy-covered arbor which covers what appears to be a fresh water well. The arbor is set in the woods and bears a horse-shoe shap...
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Frierson's Pharmacy

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Description: Street scene featuring Frierson's Pharmacy in the center. People walk the sidewalks and cars are parked in front of the row of stores.
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Magazine Street

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Description: A view of Magazine Street, with four people, two men and two women, posing on their horses. Trees line the street, and houses and fences are on both sides....
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Vegetable Vendor With Basket Balanced on Head

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Description: African American vegetable vendor with a large basket of vegetables balanced on her head.
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Winthrop College Cooking Class

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Description: A cooking class with 11 women standing around large tables with various cooking ephemera.
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Gardening at Winthrop College

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Description: View of students gardening at Winthrop College, founded in 1886. School buildings stand in the background.
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Ridgell Drug Compant and Ice Cream Parlor

Date: 1918
Description: Two men and a woman sit and stand around a table inside the Ridgell Drug Company and ice cream parlor. Several display cases are arranged behind them and t...

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