Memory is the power to retain and recall information and past experiences. It helps us define time and place and self by providing a framework through which to make sense of the past, present and future. A true time machine.
Where it all began - the Canada Cotton Mill, Harbour and Edward Streets, Cornwall. Photo courtesy of 50 shades member Don Smith.
When it all began - some of the September 1962 press coverage of the Chalet opening.
Chalet Artistic Canada 1962 factory floor.
This 1962 newspaper photograph (Canadian Weekly) is the only clear photograph we have of the Chalet Madonna figurine. It was made to hold a rosary. To date, none have been discovered.
Maestro Luigi Tedesco. Chalet factory 1962.
1962. Laura Fuga. Wife of Chalet artist Carlo Fuga. Laura worked in the shipping department, offices and Chalet showrooms.
Exterior of the Chalet factory. 1965.
1964. Model Patricia O'Connell poses with an early style, BB 41, of Chalet basket.
1965. Unknown assistant to the artists at oven.
A Chalet furnace. 1965.
1965. Chalet Artistic Glass factory floor.
1965. Otello Fuga at Chalet. Otello worked at Chalet from 1963 until mid 1965. he left the company to found Gala Glass - he was only 25.
1966. Chalet factory floor.
Chalet parking lot circa 1970. The car in the foreground belonged to Maestro Bruno Panizzon.
Chalet employee Gina Danieli. 1971.
1971. Maestri Luigi Tedesco (left) and Angelo Tedesco (right).
From the September 21, 1974 edition of the Standard-Freeholder. A division of the Postmedia Network.
The Chalet artists forged strong friendships that transcended the workplace. On a "boy's day" outing - from left to right - Antonio Tedesco, Giovanni Voltalina, Gianfranco Guarnieri and Bruno Panizzoin. Date unknown.
How it ended. A 3 hour fire on October 10, 2010 decimated the mill building. What was left after the blaze was extinguished was unstable and demolished as soon as the remains were cool enough.