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Title
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Donnie R. Thrower oral history interview, 1994 October 4
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Creator
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Thrower, Donnie R. (Donnie Rhyne), 1929-2014
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Date Created
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1994-10-04
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Subjects--Topical
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Cancer--Patients, Hosiery, Nylon, Secretaries, Textile factories, Alzheimer's disease--Patients--Family relationships
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Description
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Donnie Thrower describes her early life and career in the textile industry in McAdenville and Belmont, North Carolina. She recalls how she quit school at age sixteen in order to go to work at a nylon hosiery mill in Belmont, where she remained for...
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Title
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Stockings being woven
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Creator
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Sumner, William Hoke, Jr., 1912-1993
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Date Created
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1947
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Subjects--Topical
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Textile factories, Work environment, Men
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Description
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Two men are watching two long rows of textile factory equipment that have spools of thread at the top of the machines with automated looms. The men are wearing slacks and shirts that are opened at the collar.