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Factory Workers
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Oral history interview conducted with Marie Butler
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Campbell Soup Company, Chestertown Plant
CH_CA_2020_SC_004_002
Sorting through yellow onions at VITA Foods
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Sorting through yellow onions at VITA Foods
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Filling jars at VITA Foods
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Robert Anderson
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Loretta Sampson Butler (left) and Geraldine Brooks Fenwick at Vita Foods
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Dorothy Brown holding a pie 1972
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Christmas dinner at VITA Foods 1972
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Loretta Sampson and Geraldine Brooks working in Quality Control at Vita Foods.
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Rose McGreer serving punch during Christmas dinner,December 3, 1971
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Carrie Wilson preparing Christmas dinner at Vita Foods, 12-3-1971
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Harold Sisco driving a new electric forklift, April 1971
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Group of men in an office at VITA Foods 1970 December
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Annie Hines and granddaughters Joyce btown and Mary Brown, July 9, 1970
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Rigby Douglas in an arm sling
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Alex Faulks’ last day at VITA Foods
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Richard Henry Ford completing VITA Foods paperwork just before his retirement from the plant, 1970
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Alex Faulks on his last day at VITA Foods
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Puppies
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VITA Foods employees at the annual picnic
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Robert Moore operating a forklift at night
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Isiah "Ike" Teat standing outside at VITA Foods
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Women employees sorting through pickles at VITA Foods
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Camera shy VITA Foods employee
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VITA Foods employees pose by tank
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Outdoor discussion at VITA Foods
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Harold Sisco and Joshua "Berkie" Fenwick pick up fish at VITA Foods
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Production line at VITA Foods
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Employees lined up for food in VITA Foods parking lot
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VITA Foods parking lot
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VITA Foods forklift drivers
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Men chatting at the Annual VITA Foods Cookout
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VITA Foods employees
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Reverend Paul Hilton, Donald Urie, and Dorothy Urie
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