Cowansville and Bruck Mills: A Golden Thread Cowansville and Bruck Mills: A Golden Thread Bruck Museum
This video clip is an excerpt from the promotional movie The Fabric of Our Story, shot mostly at Bruck Mills in Cowansville. The sound and colour movie, a first […]
The Bruck water tower, an emblematic reservoir and tower that has dominated the landscape for decades, is dismantled and removed in two stages by a crane in 1964.
The entrance to the Bruck Mills plant on Willard Street in Cowansville, circa 1970. The fabric store appears on the far left.
The former Bruck Mills and Consoltex buildings have been used as warehouses for several years for various transportation companies and are now housing new businesses. The Bruck’s oldest […]
The large house is built in 1874 as a branch of the Eastern Townships Bank, which was headquartered in Sherbrooke. It is also the residence of its manager, […]
The Bruck Museum, located at 225 rue Principale in Cowansville, is also a stop on the Chemin des Cantons. Halfway between Montreal and Sherbrooke, it welcomes visitors from […]
Bruck House brochure from 1995, when the building is used as the senior recreation centre and by the Cowansville culture committee, founded in 1986 to develop the cultural […]
Invitation card to the opening night of the Bruck Museum, named after Gerald L. Bruck, co-founder of the Cowansville Art Center and former president of Bruck Mills. Gerald […]
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Cowansville Art Center in 2006, the City of Cowansville organizes a prestigious exhibition of some fifty works from […]
The first yard of silk produced in Canada by Bruck Silk Mills is proudly displayed in the entrance hall of the Bruck Museum. The conservation of this artifact […]
This illustration is from the company’s annual report, published in 1948. The aerial view shows the expansions of the Bruck factory and the surrounding residential areas, including company […]
Montage of promotional photos of Bruck Mills Australia Limited operating a plant in Wangaratta, Australia from 1946. The textile town is similar to Cowansville in terms of demographics […]
