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A photograph of Billy Funk holding a plaque while a man gives a speech and G.W. "Cobb" Archer and Flash Turner watch.

A photograph of Frank Ritchie presenting a prize to Edna Kirby Vaughan on stage while a crowd watches at a mill-sponsored event.

A photograph of two mill employees responsible for transferring yarn bobbins from one stage to another.

A photograph of Sena Funk monitoring woven fabric being wound

A handwritten sketch and description of the boundaries and past owners of a parcel of land to be acquired by the Washington Mills Company.

A photograph of six young women in matching cheerleading outfits, on a stage with pompoms.

A photograph of the weaving department of the Fries Mill in front of a calendar indicating that they had gone one year without injury on the job.

Two facing pages from a mill ledger recording the hours worked by individual employees.

A photograph of a mill-employed nurse administering a shot to another employee, with a line of others waiting behind her.

A page from a mill ledger recording employee's membership dues for the Fries, Va. Y.M.C.A., seperated by mill department.

A photograph of several people in front of the sign for the Fries Methodist Church, which says "Jesus! Zero Defects".