Item is a photograph of the Empire Tobacco Company located in Granby.
Item is a photograph of employees of the Asbestos and Asbestic Company Ltd., Asbestos, 1904. Included in the photo are: (front, L-R): Gordon Clark, Ted Walsh, Regis Leprise, George Smith, Tom Lefebvre, Unknown, Unknown, Harry Williams (General Superintendent). (second row, L-R): M. Lizotte, David Roy, Unknown, Pierre Champagne, Omar Champoux, James Clark (foreman), Lizotte, Unknown, Johnny Morris, Wilbrod Boisclair. Back: Ed Boucher.
The item is a photograph of a group of miners from the Eustis mines from around 1900, pictured with tools and lunch pails.
Item is a photograph taken in 1905 with a view of the Ever-Rest Spring Bed Company factory on the banks of the Magog river in Sherbrooke. A dam is also visible.
The item is a photograph of the expansion of Canadian Celanese's factory in Coaticook in 1964.
Item is a photograph of the expansion of the department of sultate at the factory, to receive the evaporator.
In 1927, Mr. Isidore Duquette from Lac-Mégantic opened the company as the Eastern Townships Brick Works. In 1943, it is sold to Mr. Paquette, who renamed it Brick & Tile. In 1961, Mr. Ernest Fortin buys it with the help of some investors from Sherbrooke. The company is now known as Brick & Tile Inc. In 1978, Mr. Richard Fortin, the son of the previous owner, becomes the sole owner of the company, now called Quéabrique. In 1981, a major fire ravaged the company, which forced its closure in 1985.
The production of 50, 000 bricks reached at its peak 100, 000 bricks. The company creates floor tiles and various by-products of the brick, like the decorative briquette, aggregates, etc…
Quéabrique employs about fifty workers . An East Angus company transports these products to outside buyers.
North Shore
Item is a photograph of the Jondro Boot and Shoe factory in Rock Island with people standing outside.
Item is a photograph of a factory, possibly the old Sanborn or Tapatco, that burned down.
Item is a photograph of the William Corey Needle Factory located in Bedford with people standing outside. It would later become Torrington & Co.
Item is a photograph of the Penman's factory located in Coaticook, taken during winter. Penman's made sweatshirts.
Item is a photograph of a finishing room at the Canada Paper Company paper mill in Windsor, with women and men gathered together for the picture.
Item is a photograph of the finishing room at the Canada Paper Company's mill in Windsor, with a woman seen working and a man entering into the room.
The item is a photograph showing the interior of the finishing room at the Canada Paper Company's Springvale mill in Windsor, taken about 1894. Pictured in the photograph are, from left to right: Miss Rousseau, Miss. St. Laurent, Superintendent Arthur A. Briggs, David Jamieson, Unknown, Joseph Parent, and Fred Young.
Item is a photograph of the first mill erected in East Angus, with surrounding landscape visible.
Item is a photograph of a fish hatchery operated by Walter G. Belknap until 1940, located in Baldwin's Mills.
Item is a photograph of the back of a gristmill located in Sawyerville, taken during a flood.
Item is a photograph of the forge in Drummondville, possibly the John McDougall and Company smelting works, with the St. Francis River and river drivers pictured in the foreground. The photograph was probably taken in the 1890s.
Item is a photograph postcard of a man standing in the entrance of an unknown building, possibly a forge, there are signs labeled "Gin Pills" on the doors. The photograph was probably taken in the 1920's.
Item is a photograph postcard of the Gale & Sons Factory in Waterville. The photo was probably taken around 1907.
Pinsonneault Frères (Sherbrooke, Que.)
Item is a photograph postcard of the Gale & Sons Factory in Waterville. The photo was probably taken around 1907.
Pinsonneault Frères (Sherbrooke, Que.)
Item is a photograph of the Granby Elastic Web Limited factory in Granby, with Denison Street and railway tracks visible in the foreground, taken around the 1930s.
