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“Old” Sherbrooke, 1842
CA ETRC P999-053-D001-021 · Item · [193-?]
Part of Eastern Townships Resource Centre Postcard collection

The item is a postcard showing a reproduced photograph showing the Magog River gorge in Sherbrooke and the industrial building that once stood on the “island” in the middle of the river, probably photographed around the 1890s, reproduced around 1930.

CA ETRC P244-001-002-005 · Item · May 1961
Part of Freeman Clowery Collection

Item is a photograph of the signing of collective convention with the local 1506 of l'union des ouvriers du Textile d'Amérique. Left to right: Gilles Courchesne, president of the local, Freeman Clowery, Secretary-Treasurer and Robert Dean, manager of the joint council of the Eastern Townships of the UOTA.

Old Plant
CA ETRC P244-001-002-002 · Item · [Between 1941 and 1952]
Part of Freeman Clowery Collection

Item is a photograph of the the first National Thread plant located on Laurier Ave., Sherbrooke, before the company opened a new one on 10th avenue in 1952.

Sherbrooke’s industries
CA ETRC P050-001 · Item · 193?
Part of Robert B. Speer fonds

The item contains information on Robert Speer’s activities. It is a newspaper article about Sherbrooke’s industries in the 1930’s.

Magog River
CA ETRC P020-003-06-D002b-P445 · Item · [1920?], copied 1977
Part of Eastern Townships Heritage Foundation fonds

Item is a photograph of the Magog River taken from the St. Francis River, with the Banner Sewing Machine Co. visible on the shore.

Paton mill
CA ETRC P020-003-06-D002b-P425 · Item · [1900?], copied 1977
Part of Eastern Townships Heritage Foundation fonds

Item is a photograph of the old Paton Mill located in Sherbrooke, which produced woolens. It has since closed and been partly removed from the site.