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A Fries Mill employee holds a baby.

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 map of the area set aside for the right-of-way for Highway 94.

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

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

Early Doss (Shift Manager, Weaving, 1st Shift), Ralph Vaughan (Award Winner), E.E. Maddrey (President, Riegel Textile Corporation) Rose Vaughan (Mother of Ralph), Jack Bowman (Weaving Mill Manager)

Gene Taylor (Shift Manager, Carding 3rd Shift), E.E. Maddrey (President, Riegel Textile Corporation) Raymond Sapp (Award Winner)

Homer Lineberry (Shift Manager, Winding 2nd Shift), E.E. Maddrey (President, Riegel Textile Corporation), Betty Akers (Zero Defects Achievment Award Winner), Hobert Akers (Husband), Lisa and Sherri Akers (Daughters), H. D. Kingsmore (President,…

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

Jackie Sharp and Mr. Stone, front row

Rita Dale, far right