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Group Portrait of People at Stanley McCormick School

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of nine people posing on the steps of a building.
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Singing a Hymn at Highlander

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Description: A group of people singing a religious hymn at Highlander Folk School.
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Saint Xavier Academy

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Description: Exterior of Saint Xavier Academy, erected in 1874. Groups of people stand on the lawn.
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Two People Outside of Highlander Library

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Description: A man is reading a book on a bench, while a woman is standing in front of the entrance to the Highlander Library. A small group of people can be seen insid...
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Scene from "The Beautiful People," A Village Playhouse Presentation

Date: 11 08 1961
Description: Clare Sampley, 5006 Buckeye Road, and Rebecca Jorgensen, 5505 Pheasant Hill, working together on a scene from "The Beautiful People," a presentation by the...
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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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Myles and Zilphia Horton Square Dancing

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Description: Myles and Zilphia Horton Square Dancing at Highlander Folk School with two other people.
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Highlander School Contact Sheet

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Description: Various views of people, including Rosa Parks and Myles Horton, at an early integration workshop at Highlander School.
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Union Center Inc., CIO

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Description: People walking up the steps under a large neon sign in front of a snowy Union Center Inc., CIO building.
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Group in front of Highlander Main Building

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Description: An unidentified group of people standing outside the main Highlander building. Esau Jenkins, fifth from left.
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United Nations Workshop

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Description: Five people in front of a chalkboard with the heading: "World Federation of Trade Unions."
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People Playing Golf near Hillside Home School

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Description: People playing golf in the fields at Hillside Home School, an early progressive school operated by Ellen and Jane Lloyd Jones, aunts of Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Labor Union School

Date: 08 1957
Description: People in line during lunchtime during the District 8 labor institute.
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Fishing in a Bucket at Highlander

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Description: A woman (possible Leny Vanbrink) pretending as though she was fishing in a bucket as part of a CIO activity at Highlander Folk School. Three people stand b...
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Outdoor Meeting at Highlander Folk School

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Description: Four people have an informal meeting outdoors at Highlander School. Three of them are seated on the grass and one is seated on a chair. Myles Horton on the...
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Septima Clark and Others at Highlander Folk School

Date: 1960
Description: Three people stand outdoors at Highlander Folk School. From left to right are: May Justus (most likely), Kwa O. Hagen and Septima Clark. There is an Americ...
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Thomas Ridge

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Description: People playing golf on Thomas Ridge at Hillside Home School, an early progressive school operated by Ellen and Jane Lloyd Jones, aunts of Frank Lloyd Wrigh...
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Outdoor Meeting at Highlander School

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Description: A group of people sitting on the grass and chairs outdoors for a meeting with the Highlander Library in the background. From left to right: Father of Myles...
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Estes School Farm Safety Program

Date: 03 28 1946
Description: Estes School Farm Safety Program held at the Estes School on Cottage Grove Road. People in the audience with students' farm safety projects displayed on th...
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The Northwestern Ohio Normal School

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Description: Elevated view of the Northwestern Ohio Normal School, founded in 1871 by Henry Solomon Lehr. Groups of people pose on the school's lawn, and two men stand ...

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