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Jackie Sharp and Glenda Lyons standing in front of a Christmas tree

Jackie Sharp in a field with many others in front of a helicopter

Jackie Sharp in a field with a man

an indemnity bond between the First National Bank of Fries and the Washington Mills Company, to correct an error with their payroll.

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

A photograph of a mill employee monitoring yarn spinning.

A map showing the water depth of the mill pond for the Fries Textile Plant.

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

Hobart Lane, right

Walter Johnson, Jack Bowman, Reuben Bond, James Gray, and Al Barnhill

L-R: Jimmy Burnett, Harold Funk Tommy Rutheford, Tom Pue

Back, left to right: Gilbert Lawson, unknown, unknown, Walter Johnson. F, M: Robert Blaine Wright

Wanda Buttons, Tom Hill, Helen Beamer, and Jerry Moore

Gertrude Bates and family

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

Shirley Trent Litteral and Whiz Farmer, far sides

B, R: Kirb. F, L-R: George Stuart, "Hetty" Alice Pearman, Funk

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

The lease for the land and building in Fries for the grocery store, the rent for which was $1 per year.

Gilbert Lawson poses with an older man

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

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

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, Rick…

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

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

Vina Taylor administers a flu shot to a woman

Jackie Sharp administers a flu shot to a woman

Jackie Sharp administers a flu shot to a woman

Jackie Sharp administers a flu shot to a woman

A summary of income from the department store in Fries, Va, 1936.

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

Ethel Walker 35 year service award, presented by Walter Johnson

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

A note sent in by an employee explaining their inability to work for several days.

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.

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

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

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

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

A text description of several parcels of land owned by the Washington Mills Company

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.