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Inauguration of the Mont-Rolland mill in 1904

Black & white photograph showing several people seated at long tables in a factory setting. A paper-making machine stands in the background.

Provenance : Société d’histoire de la Rivière-du-Nord, Rolland Company Fonds

Call number : P001, S06, SS04, D04, P01

Photographer : Laprés & Lavergne, Montreal

Date : September 3, 1904

As with many events at the Rolland Company, all employees were invited to a grand reception to mark the inauguration of the new plant. In the background stands Machine No. 3, the first one installed at the Mont-Rolland mill to manufacture fine paper.