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1930 advertisement for Metropolitan Pastry Flour made by Roanoke City Mills, Inc. Roanoke, Virginia in the 1930 Virginia Tech Bugle (page 435 crop)
The Bugle — the school yearbook — for Virginia Polytechnic Institute (now Virginia Tech) from 1930.
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A couple of husky Junior Commnados add to a neighborhood scrap pile in Roanoke, Va. Bedsprings, coal buckets, bird... - NARA - 196334
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A pig consuming water
This photo from the USDA shows a pig playfully consuming water in a pen.
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A young spooler in Roanoke (Va.) Cotton Mills. LOC nclc.02146
Title: A young spooler in Roanoke (Va.) Cotton Mills. Abstract: Photographs from the records of the National Child Labor Committee (U.S.) Physical description: 1 photographic print. Notes: Girls.; Textile mill workers.; Cotton industry.; Mills.; Textile machinery.
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Comparison of Ages. Some of the youngest workers in Roanoke (Va.) Cotton Mills. On right-hand end is seven year old Frank, a helper. Next to him is twelve year old Ronald, a doffer. On his LOC nclc.02153
Title: Comparison of Ages. Some of the youngest workers in Roanoke (Va.) Cotton Mills. On right-hand end is seven year old Frank, a helper. Next to him is twelve year old Ronald, a doffer. On his right is Mamie Witt, twelve year old spinner. Girl on her right said fourteen years old, but doubtful. On her right, (with curl on shoulder) is Inex [i.e., Inez?] Kennedy, just fourteen. The second girl on her right is probably under fourteen. This is a small mill, running a small force. Abstract: Photo
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Comparison of Ages. Some of the youngest workers in Roanoke (Va.) Cotton Mills. On right-hand end is seven year old Frank, a helper. Next to him is twelve year old Ronald, a doffer. On his LOC nclc.02154
Title: Comparison of Ages. Some of the youngest workers in Roanoke (Va.) Cotton Mills. On right-hand end is seven year old Frank, a helper. Next to him is twelve year old Ronald, a doffer. On his right is Mamie Witt, twelve year old spinner. Girl on her right said fourteen years old, but doubtful. On her right, (with curl on shoulder) is Inex Kennedy, just fourteen. The second girl on her right is probably under fourteen. This is a small mill, running a small [force]. Abstract: Photographs from
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Dependent Parents (See also 2157) R.L. Witt. He is apparently working on the railroad, but his three oldest children, here work in the Roanoke (Va.) Cotton Mills. Mamie is only 12 years old LOC nclc.02151
Title: Dependent Parents (See also 2157) R.L. Witt. He is apparently working on the railroad, but his three oldest children, here work in the Roanoke (Va.) Cotton Mills. Mamie is only 12 years old and earns very little. Home is very poorly kept. Mother would not be in the photo. Abstract: Photographs from the records of the National Child Labor Committee (U.S.) Physical description: 1 photographic print. Notes: Children.; Adults.; Families.; Textile mill workers.; Cotton industry.; Railroad emp
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Extemporaneous remarks by President-Elect Roosevelt in Roanoke, Virginia - NARA - 197404
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Group of doffers and spinners working in Roanoke Cotton Mills (Va.) I counted seven apparently under fourteen and three under twelve years old. LOC nclc.02147
Title: Group of doffers and spinners working in Roanoke Cotton Mills (Va.) I counted seven apparently under fourteen and three under twelve years old. Abstract: Photographs from the records of the National Child Labor Committee (U.S.) Physical description: 1 photographic print. Notes: Children.; Textile mill workers.; Cotton industry.; Mills.; Spinning machinery.
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Henry S Trout
Former mayor of Roanoke, Virginia Henry S. Trout
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Housing conditions at Roanoke (Va.) Cotton Mills are not very good. Houses run down and not well kept. LOC cph.3a29779
Title: Housing conditions at Roanoke (Va.) Cotton Mills are not very good. Houses run down and not well kept. Abstract: Photographs from the records of the National Child Labor Committee (U.S.) Physical description: 1 photographic print. Notes: Labor housing.; Cotton industry.; Mills.
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Old Bridge at Wiley Drive (8079927377)
The old bridge crossing at Wiley Drive before project construction. Culverts in the previous bridge were undersized and elevated above the bed of the river, effectively blocking upstream fish migration in low flow periods and exacerbating flood events. Credit: USFWS.
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Roanoke Cycle Company 1895 ad detail, from- Virginia Tech Bugle 1895 (scan) (page 130 crop)
The Bugle — the school yearbook — for Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (now Virginia Tech) from 1895.
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