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Exhibition "Industrial Memories, A Journey to the Heart of Poissy’s Working Class (1820-1960)"
Culture · Wednesday, October 28 · 13:00 · Poissy
2ter allée des Glaïeuls
The recent history of Poissy is inseparable from the industries that settled and developed there. From 19th-century small workshops to the major automobile manufacturing plants of the 20th century, the exhibition focuses on about fifteen of them (Frères Roses, Barbey, Grégoire, Monopole, CEAT, Ford, Simca, etc.) through photo collections and postcards showing workers, production workshops, and the objects produced. The exhibition will be an opportunity to explore the social and political context with the arrival of the Front Populaire: strikes and the manda…
