Cowansville and Bruck Mills: A Golden Thread Cowansville and Bruck Mills: A Golden Thread Bruck Museum
Operator checking bobbins and repairing broken threads as needed, circa 1948.
A landscape painter, Sarah Robertson began her art studies at the age of nineteen at the Art Association of Montreal with William Brymner, Maurice Cullen, and Randolph Hewton. Robertson was […]
Several employees have treasured memories of their work at the factory, such as this tablecloth woven at Bruck Mills. The wooden shuttle, placed on the tablecloth, was recovered […]
Watchful eyes follow the threads from hank to spool. This is one of the primary operations in the production of Bruck Fabrics.
Detail of the commemorative plaque which reads: “FIRST YARD OF SILK MADE IN CANADA, PRODUCED BY BRUCK SILK MILLS LTD, ON JULY 21st, 1922” .
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 […]
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 […]
In 1969, Bruck Mills is the first textile mill in Canada to use a fully automated, computer-controlled dye house. This computer system occupies the space of a conference […]
Worker preparing the warp thread for the loom, circa 1946. This operation consists in putting a protective coating on the strands of silk which are thus reinforced in […]
A weaver supervises the operation of a Jacquard loom, in 1946. The Jacquard loom is a loom developed by Joseph Marie Jacquard from Lyon in 1801. It was […]
Photo of former employee Jean-Nil Gince at work in 1958.