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  • Rights is exactly "<a href="https://omeka.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc">Permission to publish material from the Fries Textile Plant Records Collection must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a>"

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A photograph of a musical group performing at an event honoring those employees who had worked at the mill for 25 years.

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A photograph of Sena Funk monitoring woven fabric being wound

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A photograph of a group of employees receiving an award.

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A photograph of four cheerleaders from Fries Hish School, posing on the stairs to the Town Hall.

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A photograph of three children eating watermelon at a mill-sponsored event in Fries, Va.

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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.

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A photograph of Earl Johnson, Garnett Stuart, and Ramona Johnson in front of textile machinery.

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

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A photograph of three men having a discussion on the porch of the mill.

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A photograph of "Miss Fries High School" of 1978 and two runners-up.

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A photograph of an employee giving blood at a mill-operated blood drive.

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A photograph of a group of Fries residents, largely children. David Jones, 2nd from left, Mandy Hager, 4th from left, middle row.

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A photograph of a group of people in front of the sign for the high school in Fries, Va. Back Row, left-right: Don Martin, Rick Phipps, Mike Phipps, Ricky Wilson. Front Row, left-right: Warren Reavis, Mr. Stone, Diane Staynes, John Patterson

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A photograph of a cub scout group with their leaders. 2nd from the left, ront row, is Timmy "TT" Carico

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

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A photograph of a mill employee monitoring yarn spinning.

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A photograph of a group of employees, one of whom is receiving an award. Left-right: Calvert Wilie, Jessie Jenkins, Emmet Vaughan, rest unknown.

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

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A photograph of several employees conversing near machines winding spun yarn onto bobbins for weaving.

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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.

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A photograph of an employee receiving a plaque and a statue of a bird.

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A photograph of employees in line to get food in the mill cafeteria, with a "Zero Defects Our Goal" banner in the backround.

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A photograph of employees eating in the mill cafeteria, with a "Zero Defects Our Goal" banner in the backround

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A taped-together collage of informal employee photograps. Top, left-right: unknown, Cox, Jones, unknown. Middle, left-right: unknown, Henry Thornton, unknown, unknown. Bottom, left-right: unknown, Hutch Stata, Walter Johnson.

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A photograph of Ronni Michelle Criner as "Little Miss Fries" in a town parade.

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A formal photograph of the Fries High School football team. Back row, left-right: Mike Phipps, Don Martin, unknown, unknown, Todd Dickson, unknown, unknown, unknown, Johnny Lambert, unknown, Bill Moore, unknown, unknown, unknown, Richy Wilson, Rickā€¦

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

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A map of a piece of land in Fries giving landmarks by which a survey could be conducted.

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A map of a piece of land in Fries giving landmarks by which a survey could be conducted.

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A map of a piece of land in Fries giving landmarks by which a survey could be conducted.

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A letter explaining some features of plat drawn up by a surveyor on behalf of the mill.

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A map of a piece of land in Fries being repurposed, and a propsed alternate location for carrying out the original purpose of the property being sold.

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A text description of a parcel of land owned formerly by the Washington Mills Company, which was being to sold to the employee who had been renting it and the house on it.

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A text description of a parcel of land owned formerly by the Washington Mills Company, which was being to sold to the employee who had been renting it and the house on it.

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A text description of a parcel of land owned formerly by the Washington Mills Company, which was being to sold to the employee who had been renting it and the house on it.

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A text description of a parcel of land owned formerly by the Washington Mills Company, which was being to sold to the employee who had been renting it and the house on it.

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A text description of a parcel of land owned formerly by the Washington Mills Company, which was being to sold to the employee who had been renting it and the house on it.

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A text description of a parcel of land owned formerly by the Washington Mills Company, which was being to sold to the employee who had been renting it and the house on it.

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A map of a piece of land in Fries being sold by the Washington Mills Company to James E. Robinson Jr.

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A letter sent to a lawyer with the legal description and plat of the parcel of land on which the Y.M.C.A. building stands, requesting a deed be drawn up.

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A text description of a parcel of land owned by the Washington Mills Company, on which the Y.M.C.A. stood.

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A map of a surveyed parcel of land owned by the Washington Mills Company on which the YMCA stands.

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A map of surveyed parcels of land owned by the Washington Mills Company.

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A text description of a parcel of land owned by the Washington Mills Company, on which the firehouse stood.

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A text description of a parcel of land owned by the Washington Mills Company, on which buildings and a floodwall stood.

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A text description of a parcel of land owned by the Washington Mills Company, on which the parking lot stood.

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A text description of a parcel of land owned by the Washington Mills Company, on which the Brick Store Building stood.

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A text description of a parcel of land owned by the Washington Mills Company, on which the bank stood.

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A text description of a parcel of land owned by the Washington Mills Company, on which the post office, barber shop, beauty shop, and insurance agency stood.

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A text description of a parcel of land owned by the Washington Mills Company, on which The Washington Inn stood.
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