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Featured Collections: Irene Moore Vita Foods Collection

Vita Foods Corporation was a pickle processing facility on High Street in Chestertown, MD that, at one point, was the largest employer in Chestertown. The Vita Food Cannery occupied the High Street facility after the Kent Defense Industries plant was damaged in a massive fire on July 17, 1954. The plant closed down and the property eventually was transferred to Vita Foods Incorporated and finally to Dixon Valve & Coupling Co. after Vita Foods ceased operations.

VITA Foods Employees Enjoy a Meal Outside at the Annual VITA Foods Picnic
Sorting Yellow Onions at VITA Foods
VITA Foods Onion Department
Man Working Outside at VITA Foods
Flash Flood Delivery
Group of Men in an Administrative Office at VITA Foods
Packing Spears at VITA Foods
Production Line at VITA Foods
VITA Foods Forklift Drivers
VITA Foods Production Line
Bringing in a Wood Pallet
Packing Fish at VITA Foods
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Canning at VITA Foods
VITA Foods Fish Floor
Robert Moore Operates Forklift at Night
Olivia Freeman
Women Working at VITA Foods
Camera Shy VITA Foods Employee
VITA Foods Pickle Trucks
Four VITA Foods Employees Pose By Tank
Joshua Cotton
Hoover and Pete
House Fire
Pop Boyer and Reverend Hilton
Sydney Caulk
Outdoor Discussion at VITA Foods
House Fire
Child Drawing
VITA Foods Cream Machine
Firefighters
Barbara Sampson's Track Trophy
VITA Foods Fish Spill
Dorothy Brown and White Potato Pie
VITA Foods Production Line
Trisstine Deaton, Elaine Towson, and Angie Gilbert
VITA Foods Employees Waiting in Line
Christmas Dinner at VITA Foods
VITA Foods Parking Lot
VITA Foods Forklift Drivers
Robert Anderson
VITA Foods Infirmary
VITA Foods Forklift Drivers
VITA Foods Forklift Drivers
Puzzle Break
VITA Foods Cookout
Dishing Up Beans at VITA Foods Cookout
VITA Foods Employees
Reverend Hilton, Donald, and Dorothy
VITA Foods Employees Chatting
VITA Foods Rest Period
Female Employees of VITA Foods
Mark Stevens and Robert Moore
Alex Faulks on Last Day at VITA Foods
Laughs at VITA Foods
Joshua Fenwick
Joshua Fenwick and Garnett Demby
Crocheting During Rest Period at VITA Foods
Pickle Tank at VITA Foods
Handing Out VITA Foods Uniforms
Woman and Child
Handing Out VITA Foods Uniforms
Shoveling Snow
Preparing Food
Geraldine Brooks and Ethel Boyer at the VITA Foods Christmas Tree
Harold Sisco
Serving Punch for Christmas Dinner at VITA Foods
VITA Foods Employees In Front of a Truck
Ethel Boyer
VITA Foods Employees Leaning Against a Truck
Female VITA Foods Employees Posing Outside
VITA Foods Employees Outside
Women Workers Outside
VITA Foods Quality Control Girls
Grilling at VITA Foods
Preparing Food for VITA Foods Cookout
VITA Foods Quality Control Girls
Dinner Celebration at VITA Foods
Food Counter
Young Girl
Annie Hines and Grandchildren
Sydia Graves, Audrey Conn, and Ethel Boyer
Vanessa Somex, Mrs. Taseh, Renee Conn, Sharon Elias, and Donna Thompson
Unloading Product at VITA Foods
VITA Foods Employee Holding Pots
Edward "Woodie" Rowe (left) and Marvin Rowe (right) Making Sandwiches
Marcie Hopkins, Elaine Towson, Tresstine Deaton, and Angie Gilbert
Young Girl with Ice Cream
VITA Foods Fish Processing Machine
First Aid Center at VITA Foods
Working With Fish at VITA Foods
Puppies
Alex Faulks on Last Day at VITA Foods
VITA Foods Paperwork
Injured VITA Foods Employee
 

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