Skip to Content
About
Chesapeake Heartland
Staff & Partners
Internships & Fellowships
Events
Heartland Blog
Digital Archive
Browse Digital Archive
Featured Collections
ISAAC
Hip Hop Time Capsule
Projects
African American Signage and Visualization Project
Worton Point Schoolhouse
Get On The Bus
Get On The Bus Film
Georgetown Documentary
Ebony & Ivory Towers
Jason Patterson Exhibit
The Commodore Collection
KCA/CH Artist Fellowship
Humanities Truck
Educational Resources
Resource Introduction
African American Experience in Colonial America
African American Experience in the Antebellum Period
African American Experience in the Reconstruction Era
African American Experience in the 20th Century
African American Contributions to American Culture
African American Contributions to American Culture 2
Open Menu
Close Menu
About
Chesapeake Heartland
Staff & Partners
Internships & Fellowships
Blog
Events
Digital Archive
Browse Digital Archive
Featured Collections
Projects
Jason Patterson Exhibit
Ebony & Ivory Towers
Humanities Truck
The Commodore Collection
Open Menu
Close Menu
Folder:
About
Folder:
Digital Archive
ISAAC
Hip Hop Time Capsule
Folder:
Projects
Humanities Truck
Folder:
Educational Resources
Back
Chesapeake Heartland
Staff & Partners
Internships & Fellowships
Events
Heartland Blog
Back
Browse Digital Archive
Featured Collections
Back
African American Signage and Visualization Project
Worton Point Schoolhouse
Get On The Bus
Get On The Bus Film
Georgetown Documentary
Ebony & Ivory Towers
Jason Patterson Exhibit
The Commodore Collection
KCA/CH Artist Fellowship
User Options
Toggle navigation
Chesapeake Heartland Digital Archive
Login
Register
Login
Register
Explore
Browse
Objects
Oral Histories
People & Organizations
Featured Collections
Clear All Filters
87 Object Results
Add all results to lightbox
Select results to add to lightbox
Sort by:
Identifier
Title
Date
Sort order:
Ascending
Descending
Clear All Filters
Download results as:
Checklist
PDF (thumbnails)
Add selected results to lightbox
Keywords:
Business-Industry-Entrepreneurs âžś Vita Foods Corporation
Original Object Format:
original photographs
CH_CA_2020_SC_004_094
Rigby Douglas in an arm sling
CH_CA_2020_SC_004_093
Richard Henry Ford completing VITA Foods paperwork just before his retirement from the plant, 1970
CH_CA_2020_SC_004_092
Alex Faulks’ last day at VITA Foods
CH_CA_2020_SC_004_091
Puppies
CH_CA_2020_SC_004_090
Women working in the fish department at VITA Foods. Sydney Caulk is standing beside the tubs of fish.
CH_CA_2020_SC_004_089
First aid center at VITA Foods
CH_CA_2020_SC_004_088
Doris Green and Geraldine Brooks at the VITA Foods fish processing machine
CH_CA_2020_SC_004_087
Young girl with ice cream
CH_CA_2020_SC_004_086
Marcie Hopkins, Elaine Towson, Tresstine Deaton, and Angie Gilbert
CH_CA_2020_SC_004_085
Edward "Woodie" Rowe and Marvin Rowe making sandwiches
CH_CA_2020_SC_004_084
Carrie Wilson preparing Christmas dinner at Vita Foods, 12-3-1971
CH_CA_2020_SC_004_083
James "Jimmy" Sampson on the left is dumping pickles with the help of another worker.
CH_CA_2020_SC_004_082
Vanessa Somex, Mrs. Taseh, Renee Cann, Sharon Elias, and Donna Thompson in the VITA Foods first aid room
CH_CA_2020_SC_004_081
Lydia "Lottie" Graves, Audrey Cann, and Ethel Boyer
CH_CA_2020_SC_004_080
Annie Hines and granddaughters Joyce btown and Mary Brown, July 9, 1970
CH_CA_2020_SC_004_079
Young girl
CH_CA_2020_SC_004_078
Mrs. D. Tasch, Donna Thompson, Sharon Elias, Renae Cann and Vanessa Lomax visit the food counter at Vita Foods
CH_CA_2020_SC_004_077
Dinner celebration at Vita Foods
CH_CA_2020_SC_004_075
Sam Wright, two unknown men, Leon Reese, and Caramel Jones preparing food for a cookout at VITA Foods
CH_CA_2020_SC_004_074
Grilling at VITA Foods
CH_CA_2020_SC_004_073
Loretta Sampson Butler (left) and Geraldine Brooks Fenwick at Vita Foods
CH_CA_2020_SC_004_072
Mary Smith, Elaine Hopkins, Flora "Babe" Goldsboro, Rosie Goldsboro, Mae Ashe, Viola Massey "Aunt Sis", and an unknown woman pose in front of a VITA Food truck.
CH_CA_2020_SC_004_071
John Biggers, James Lomax, Mildred Griffin, Inez Garner, and R. Henry Ford standing outside VITA Foods
CH_CA_2020_SC_004_070
Vita Food workers waiting in line for the annual Chicken Barbecue
CH_CA_2020_SC_004_069
Mildred Griffin, Anna Louise Ringgold "Piggy", Florence Jones, and Marjorie Gilbert - VITA Foods employees leaning against a truck
CH_CA_2020_SC_004_068
Ethel Boyerin the first aid room at Vita Foods
CH_CA_2020_SC_004_067
Marjorie Gilbert, Dorothy Plummer, Mary Smith, Elaine Hopkins, and "Babe" Goldsboro standing together outside of VITA Foods
CH_CA_2020_SC_004_066
Rose McGreer serving punch during Christmas dinner,December 3, 1971
CH_CA_2020_SC_004_065
Harold Sisco driving a new electric forklift, April 1971
CH_CA_2020_SC_004_064
Geraldine Brooks and Ethel Boyer at the VITA Foods Christmas tree
CH_CA_2020_SC_004_063
Donna Thompson, Sharon Elias, Renae Cann and Vanessa Lomax visit the food counter at Vita Foods
CH_CA_2020_SC_004_061
Handing out VITA Foods uniforms
CH_CA_2020_SC_004_059
Florence Tinch handing out VITA Foods uniforms
CH_CA_2020_SC_004_058
The pickle tank at VITA Foods
CH_CA_2020_SC_004_057
Crocheting during break at VITA Foods
CH_CA_2020_SC_004_056
Joshua "Berkie" Fenwick and Garnett Demby "Foreman" at the Annual VITA Foods picnic
Next 36
Filter by
type
Still Images (87)
Category
Community Archive (87)
Original Object Format
original photographs (87)
Keywords
African American Children (7)
African American teenagers and young adults (2)
Black Families (1)
Black Families - Hutchins of Kent County (1)
Christmas and Holiday gatherings and celebrations (4)
Factory Workers (74)
White Potato Pie (2)
decade
1960s (49)
1970s (38)
Partnering Organization
Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience at Washington College (87)
