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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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Picnic Behind Highlander

Date: 1935
Description: A student at Highlander having a picnic behind the school.
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Amalgamated Clothing Workers Chart

Date: 1965
Description: Jim Dombrowski, Secretary of Highlander Folk School, lecturing using an Amalgamated Clothing Workers Visual-Lecture Sheet.
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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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"People of Cumberland" Film Still

Date: 1937
Description: Film still of a frail woman holding a baby, who were neighbors of Highlander Folk School. Promotional material accompanying the film, "People of Cumberlan...
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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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Eleanor Roosevelt Talking with Indian Chief

Date: 1957
Description: Mrs. Roosevelt at the 25th anniversary of Highlander Folk School, talking with an Indian chief from Florida.
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Eleanor Roosevelt with Myles Horton and May Justus

Date: 1957
Description: Eleanor Roosevelt, standing, with Myles Horton, and May Justus at the 25th anniversary of Highlander Folk School.
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Eleanor Roosevelt with Zilphia and Myles Horton

Date: 1957
Description: From left: Zilphia Horton, Myles Horton, and Mrs. Roosevelt at a Highlander conference in connection with the Southern Conference for Human Welfare.
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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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Perry Horton in Highlander Garden

Date: 1934
Description: Perry Horton, father of Myles Horton, in the Highlander Folk School garden.
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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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Zilphia Horton

Date: 1948
Description: Zilphia Horton, smiling.
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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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Bunk House Philosophers

Date: 10 1948
Description: Three men talking around a bunk bed.
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Third Farmers Union Session

Date: 10 1948
Description: Group portrait of the third Farmers Union session at Highlander Folk School.
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College Workshop at Highlander

Date: 04 1959
Description: Group portrait of a college workshop group from Highlander Folk School.
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Civil Rights Workshop Banquet

Date: 08 1956
Description: Four women and a man eating at a table at a Civil Rights banquet at Highlander Folk School. Septima Clark, second from left.
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The Hortons and The Brownes

Date: 1963
Description: Staff meeting at Highlander Center in Knoxville, left to right: Aimee Horton, Myles Horton, Conrad Browne, Ora Browne. Conrad is reading "The Carolina Isr...
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Ford Automobile Union Meeting

Date: 1944
Description: Group portrait of Ford automobile workers union, Local 903 delegation, at a Highlander Folk School workshop.

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