Cowansville and Bruck Mills: A Golden Thread Cowansville and Bruck Mills: A Golden Thread Bruck Museum
In this photo, operator Yvette Dupont prepares the spools for the shuttle. In 1946, in preparation for its 25th anniversary, the company produces the promotional film The Fabric of […]
In June 1947, a group of young female employees pose for the photographer near the Bruck factory. The front page of this issue also serves to highlight the […]
This excerpt from the Entre-Nous newspaper pays tribute to the workers of the Sherbrooke Bruck Mills plant in May 1952.
The first image in this excerpt from the Entre-Nous newspaper, in December 1953, shows young Cowansville woman Madeleine Fournier of the shipping department as she transmits a message […]
Excerpt from an interview with Michel Racicot, President of the Société d’histoire de Cowansville, during the shooting of the documentary film entitled Histoire orale de Cowansville/Cowansville Oral History. The […]
This cover page features an employee of the finishing department at the Cowansville plant in 1946. The photograph is also one of the images chosen to illustrate the […]
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 […]
In response to a call to the community, former factory workers gather at the Bruck Museum for a convivial reunion. As part of a memory collection project, portraits […]
This photo was taken at the first Bruck Silk Mills employee picnic on August 15, 1939 at Brome Lake. At the time the company employs more than 500 […]
Portrait of Isaac I. Bruck (1885-1948), Founder and President of Bruck Silk Mills Limited. Originally from the small town of Zloczow in Poland (now located in Ukraine) Isaac […]
Isaac Ignace Bruck, the president and founder of Bruck Silk Mills Limited, dies suddenly of a heart attack in New York at the age of 63.
