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Gertrude Bates and family

James Gray (Supervisor in weaving room) and Walter Johnson present a clock radio to an employee

Wayne Kirby is at the front of a line in front of a table

a headshot of Bill Barker

A headshot of Arthur Underwood

A headshot of John Cox

Walter Johnson and Lewis Waller present an award

Harold Funk presents an award

Gilbert Lawson poses with an older man

Marie Pearman and Page Durhan hold a coffee set

Joe Bob Davis and Frank Richie present an award to Faye Nelson

A group stands together, including Harrson Jones (2nd from left) and Betty Wright (far right)

Betty G. Stevens stands with two other women getting food

A headshot of mill employee Jimmy Spence

A headshot of mill employee Caroline Bond.

A photograph of mill employee Annie Hylton holding a safety diorama.

Ruth Durham recieves a prize from Frank Richie on stage in front of a crowd

Rita Dale, far right

Jackie Sharp and Mr. Stone, front row

Shirley Trent Litteral and Whiz Farmer, far sides

6 people pose for a picture, the interior tow shaking hands and holding a paper

Sinia James, Bradley Lineberry, Jean Miller Lineberry, Arlene Miller, and Darren Lineberry

An image showing several mill employees using large hoses to wash waste products from the mill into the river.

Two facing pages from a mill ledger recording mill employees and their families.

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 handwritten account of a parcel of land being sold to the Washington Mills Company, and a sketch of same.

A contract between the mill founders and the Funks, whereby the Washington Mills Company acquired land in Fries, Va.

A page from a mill ledger recording employee contributions to the Baptist Church in Fries, which they could have deducted from their paychecks.

A page from a mill ledger recording employee contributions to the Baptist Church in Fries, which they could have deducted from their paychecks.

A document from a electoral judge for the Town of Fries, Va.

A page of an early ledger tracking the Fries Mill's expenditures.

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

A page from a mill ledger recording employee contributions to the Methodist Church in Fries, which they could have deducted from their paychecks.

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

Two facing pages from a mill ledger recording early mill employees and their families.

A page from a mill ledger tracking maintenance work done on the mill-owned houses in Fries, Va.

A photograph of a mill employee posing with holiday decorations in the mill.

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

A photograph of a mill employee posing with holiday decorations in the mill.

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 a young woman working on a machine winding bobbins.

A photograph of (left-right) Whiz Farmer, Shirley Trent Litteral, Larry Kirby, and an unknown man with flawless weaving