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Business-Industry-Entrepreneurs ➜ Vita Foods Corporation
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1960s
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"Pop" Boyer and Rev. Paul Hilton 1969 July
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Barbara Sampson's track trophy
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Barbara Simpson, Vita Foods, track meet
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Barbara Simpson, Vita Foods, track meet
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Barbara Simpson, Vita Foods, track meet
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Barry Johnson as a child of 6 at Vita Foods.
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Canning at VITA Foods
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Carrying a wooden pallet, 1969 August
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Crocheting during break at VITA Foods
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Dinner celebration at Vita Foods
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Dishing up beans at the Annual VITA Foods Cookout
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Donna Thompson, Sharon Elias, Renae Cann and Vanessa Lomax visit the food counter at Vita Foods
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Doris Green and Geraldine Brooks at the VITA Foods fish processing machine
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Dorothy Kennard Hutchins and Lena Clark working on a puzzle during their work break at VITA Foods
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Edward "Woodie" Rowe and Marvin Rowe making sandwiches
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Ethel Boyerin the first aid room at Vita Foods
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Fenwick Wilson conducts quality assurance work on pickles packed at Vita Foods plant
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First aid center at VITA Foods
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Flash flood 1969 August
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Florence Tinch handing out VITA Foods uniforms
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Forklift drivers at VITA Foods
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Four VITA Foods female employees
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Geraldine Brooks - Fenwick inspects a jar of pickles for Vita Foods production
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Grilling at VITA Foods
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Handing out VITA Foods uniforms
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James "Jimmy" Sampson on the left is dumping pickles with the help of another worker.
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Janet Rochester, Doris Green, and Florence Tinch in the VITA Foods cafeteria
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John Biggers, James Lomax, Mildred Griffin, Inez Garner, and R. Henry Ford standing outside VITA Foods
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Joshua (Berkie) Fenwick in his new hardhat
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Joshua Cotton at VITA Foods
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Laughs at VITA Foods
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Lydia "Lottie" Graves, Audrey Cann, and Ethel Boyer
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Marjorie Gilbert, Dorothy Plummer, Mary Smith, Elaine Hopkins, and "Babe" Goldsboro standing together outside of VITA Foods
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Mark Stevens and Robert Moore
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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.
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Mildred Griffin, Anna Louise Ringgold "Piggy", Florence Jones, and Marjorie Gilbert - VITA Foods employees leaning against a truck
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