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 […]
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 […]
Portrait of Gerald L. Bruck (1915-2013), president and CEO of Bruck Mills Limited. Born in New York on March 13, 1915, he is the eldest son of Isaac […]
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 […]
The Bruck Mills laboratory is supervised by a chemist and specialized employees who inspect the products used in the factory and ensure quality control.
Gerald Bruck poses in front of an exhibition booth promoting Bruck fabrics at a textile industry trade show. In the background is a photo of an employee operating […]
Gerald Bruck, President of Bruck Mills, offers Sylvanus Fuller a watch in recognition of his 20 years of service during a reception welcoming new members to the President’s […]
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.
Cover page of the company’s annual report in 1948, after the company’s name change. Bruck Silk Mills was renamed Bruck Mills Limited to better reflect the fact that […]
