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Category: The 1930s

1933 Kenwood Mills Staff Photo

1933 Kenwood Mills Staff Photo

This photo shows the staff of Kenwood Mills in 1933, just a few short years after the economic crash. Arnold MacIntyre’s identification of staff members in 2003 was based […]
Kenwood House on Harrington Street, Arnprior

Kenwood House on Harrington Street, Arnprior

This house was one five built for Kenwood in the early 1930s. With a backdrop of the Gillies’ Grove (an old growth forest), these homes were designed with […]
Payroll for the Week of December 25-30, 1933

Payroll for the Week of December 25-30, 1933

This page from Kenwood’s payroll shows the names and wages of those working at the mill in December of 1933. The highest hourly rate before overtime, earned by […]