Four VITA Foods female employees

Still Image

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IdentifierCH_CA_2020_SC_004_051
CategoryCommunity Archive
Description A 4" x 4" color photo of a group of four female VITA Foods employees sitting and smiling together in the breakroom of the plant in Chestertown, Maryland. From left to right is Sydney Caulk, Rosie Mills, Ethel Lee, and Louise Wallace. As the temperature is quite cold in some areas of the plant, women wear sweaters and boots and aprons to keep warm and from getting their uniforms soiled. The women also are required to wear hairnets.  Date CreatedMarch 1969

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LanguageEnglish
Original Object Formatoriginal photographs
KeywordsFactory Workers, Vita Foods Corporation
Library of Congress Subject HeadingsCannery workers, Women cannery workers, Canneries, Factories, Food industry and trade--Employees, African American women, Working class African AmericansLibrary of Congress Name Authority FileMaryland--Kent County, Maryland--Chestertown LocationChestertown

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