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Although the Dominion Corset production workforce was largely female, many men worked in all the departments of the factory In this photograph, a carpenter is sawing wood.
1945 - 1965

Working at Dominion Corset

The Dominion Corset factory was located on Dorchester Street. Company founder Georges-Élie Amyot acquired the former Guillaume Bresse and Company shoe factory in 1897. This factory produced corsets, bras and the cardboard boxes used to package products. The factory was renowned for its architecture and the quality of the women’s lingerie it produced, notably the Sarong and Daisyfresh lines in the 1950s. Dominion Corset was sold to Canadelle WonderBra in 1988. The manufacturer then moved to the Vanier Industrial Park.

Dominion Corset carpenter at work

Auteur inconnu Although the Dominion Corset production workforce was largely female, many men worked in all the departments of the factory In this photograph, a carpenter is sawing wood.
Chronoscope Can you comment on the work done by the male technical staff at Dominion Corset? (unilingual French for a limited time) Source: Ville de Québec Document in the public domain (free of copyright) - Dominion Corset Co. Ltd. Fonds - Date: circa 1950