Cowansville and Bruck Mills: A Golden Thread Cowansville and Bruck Mills: A Golden Thread Bruck Museum
Bruck Silk Mills exhibition booth for showcasing its fabrics at the prestigious Wembley Colonial Exhibition in England, which was held from April 1924 to October 1925.
Building permit application for the expansion of the weaving mill in October 1935, on company letterhead. The permit is signed by Leopold S. Lee, Vice-President of Bruck Silk […]
To alleviate the city’s lack of housing due to the large influx of workers arriving from other regions of Quebec, Bruck invests in the corporation Cowansville Realties Ltd. […]
Break time in the Dye House in 1945. A stencil printed fabric is shown, which is one of the company’s star products. In the stencil process, the fabric […]
Pauline Maurice, a young employee in the weaving department, plays the role of extra under the supervision of foreman Ovila Dion in 1946. Her father, Alcide Maurice, also […]
In August 1932, to mark the 10th anniversary of the Bruck Mill’s opening, employees and managers are photographed in front of the plant. An important growth in the […]
Bruck employees are gathered around a table during a meeting. The company encourages workers to purchase Victory Bonds to support the war effort.
A group of employees posing for the photographer of the Entre-Nous newspaper. This photo, published in August 1945, shows an impromptu meeting in the office of Joseph Shower, […]
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 […]
A group of students from the sewing class of the École centrale d’arts et métiers de Montréal pose in front of Bruck Mills during a guided tour on […]
A group of students from the sewing class of the École centrale d’arts et métiers de Montréal are photographed during a guided tour on May 17, 1950. They […]
During the Second World War, Gerald Bruck served in the Royal Canadian Air Force as a flight lieutenant in the Engineering Division.
