Weaving on a shuttle loom
![Black and white photo of a worker at his workstation in front of a loom.](https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/textile-age-d-or-industrie-histoires_stories-golden-age/wp-content/uploads/sites/100/2020/08/IMG_0005_GT_navettes.jpg)
Credit: donated by Gerald H. Thomas
Eugène Mongeau, of the Weaving Department, adjusts a Jacquard loom following a warp beam change, circa 1950. Empty wooden bobbins can be seen on a small rack and three shuttles rest on a sheet of yarn. The deafening noise made by the moving shuttles on the loom is often mentioned by former workers. Protective equipment was not yet the norm at that time.