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Factory Workers
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"Pop" Boyer and Rev. Paul Hilton 1969 July
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Alex Faulks on his last day at VITA Foods
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Alex Faulks’ last day at VITA Foods
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Annie Hines and granddaughters Joyce btown and Mary Brown, July 9, 1970
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Barbara Sampson's track trophy
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Camera shy VITA Foods employee
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Campbell Soup Company, Chestertown Plant
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Canning at VITA Foods
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Carrie Wilson preparing Christmas dinner at Vita Foods, 12-3-1971
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Carrying a wooden pallet, 1969 August
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Christmas dinner at VITA Foods 1972
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Crocheting during break at VITA Foods
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Dishing up beans at the Annual VITA Foods Cookout
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Doris Green and Geraldine Brooks at the VITA Foods fish processing machine
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Dorothy Brown holding a pie 1972
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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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Emma Mays Graduation picture
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Employees lined up for food in VITA Foods parking lot
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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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Filling jars at VITA Foods
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First aid center at VITA Foods
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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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Geraldine Brooks and Ethel Boyer at the VITA Foods Christmas tree
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Group of men in an office at VITA Foods 1970 December
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Handing out VITA Foods uniforms
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Harold Sisco and Joshua "Berkie" Fenwick pick up fish at VITA Foods
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Harold Sisco driving a new electric forklift, April 1971
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Isiah "Ike" Teat standing outside at VITA Foods
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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 and Garnett Demby "Foreman" at the Annual VITA Foods picnic
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