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  • Collection: Fries Textile Plant Records, 1900-1988 (Ms1989-039)

An interview with Fries resident Craig Wood about the town of Fries, Virginia, and his memories of the former textile mill there. Interview conducted…

An interview conducted virtually via Zoom with Kevin Combs about his experience growing up in Fries, Virginia, and with the former mill there.…
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An interview with Fries resident Chris Cooper about the town of Fries, Virginia, and his memories of the former textile mill there. Interview…
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Homer Lineberry (Shift Manager, Winding 2nd Shift), E.E. Maddrey (President, Riegel Textile Corporation), Betty Akers (Zero Defects Achievment Award…
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Fries Textile Co. Employee Award presentation, the Whis Farmer Family with John Belvins in the foreground
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Charles Hill and Harold Funk present Betty Turner with a clock
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Gene Taylor (Shift Manager, Carding 3rd Shift), E.E. Maddrey (President, Riegel Textile Corporation) Raymond Sapp (Award Winner)
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Early Doss (Shift Manager, Weaving, 1st Shift), Ralph Vaughan (Award Winner), E.E. Maddrey (President, Riegel Textile Corporation) Rose Vaughan…
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Walter Johnson, Jack Bowman, Reuben Bond, James Gray, and Al Barnhill
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Walter Johnson and Bill Barker present a plaque to an employee
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L-R: Jimmy Burnett, Harold Funk Tommy Rutheford, Tom Pue
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B, R: Kirb. F, L-R: George Stuart, "Hetty" Alice Pearman, Funk
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Calvert Willie, middle
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Tom Hill and Phipps Moore
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Tom Hill and Gladys Pollard
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Vina Taylor administers a flu shot to a woman
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Jackie Sharp administers a flu shot to a woman
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Jackie Sharp administers a flu shot to a woman
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Betty Thornton, Betty Sexton, Lela Funk, Ruth Reever, and Kate Byrd
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Ethel Walker 35 year service award, presented by Walter Johnson
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Jackie Sharp in a field with many others in front of a helicopter
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Jackie Sharp in a field with a man
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Jackie Sharp and Glenda Lyons standing in front of a Christmas tree
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Sena and Harold Funk with a newborn baby
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Adeline Shupe is shown something by a man
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4th from the back: Boyd "Mac" Tsom
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Back, left to right: Gilbert Lawson, unknown, unknown, Walter Johnson. F, M: Robert Blaine Wright
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Hobart Lane, right
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Three men stand together, facing the camera, in front of textile machinery.
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Reuben Bond presents a prize to an employee
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Nancy Reed in front of a calendar
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A textile mill employee stands between two other men, whose heads have been cut out of the picture.
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A headshot of a Fries Mill employee
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A Fries Mill employee holds a baby.
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Jessie Jenkins stands behind a seated Johnny Pearman.
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