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Inauguration of the Saint-Jérôme plant, 1882

Black & white photograph depicting several men and women standing on a bridge. Part of the Saint-Jérôme paper mill is seen at left, along with several trees at right.

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

Call number : P001, S06, SS04, D01, P01

Photographer : Arnott & Rogers, Montreal

Date : 1882

In keeping with custom, Mgr. Fabre, Catholic Bishop of Montreal, journeyed to Saint-Jérôme to bless the new plant. Also on the bridge, of course, was Curé Labelle, without whom the plant might never have been built.