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1920 - 1930 was a period of both progress and setbacks - progress in the establishment of business and set backs caused by two devastating fires.

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Millet Baseball Team ca.1920 to 1921
1920
Millet, Alberta, Canada

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Millet's Baseball Team around 1920 or 1921 (no names available).

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C.P.R. Station and Section Men with Hand Car
1920
C.P.R. Station, Millet, Alberta, Canada

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The C.P.R. section crew in front of the station with their handcar ca 1920.
A handcar travelled on the railway tracks and it was powered by a hand pump to transport workers and tools to worksites when maintaining the tracks. Each side of the hand pump had room for two men. Two men pushed down on one side while two men on the other side pulled up on the handles. The men on the two sides faced each other.

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Millet's First Two Room School 1913 to 1914
1913
East side of CPR Railway tracks, Millet, Alberta, Canada

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Millet's first two-room school, pictured here in 1913, was located across the tracks. The principal was Mr. O.J. Brook, and the primary teacher was Miss Clendening.

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Fire in The Millet Mercantile
30 May 1921
50th Avenue (Alberta Street), Millet, Alberta, Canada

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The beginning of the fire that destroyed John West's Millet Mercantile Store May 30, 1921.
The store was located on the south side of Alberta Street (50th Avenue) and west across the alley from the store built by Van Meter on the southwest corner of 50th Avenue and 50th Street.

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Fire Progressing in Millet Mercantile
30 May 1921
50th Avenue (Alberta Street), Millet, Alberta, Canada

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The fire at its height that destroyed John West's Millet Mercantile store on May 30, 1921.

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Millet Senior Girls Basketball Team
1923
Millet, Alberta, Canada

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The Millet Senior Girls Basketball Team in 1923. Left to right (married names in parentheses): Ellen McManus (Rupert); Alice McManus (McNamara); Rose Kubicek; Nora Goin (Anderson); Muriel Aikens (Smith); Pearl Gray (Scott); Esther Rupert (Bishop); Verna Rupert (Mullen).

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Millet School Students
21 September 1922
Millet School, Millet, Alberta, Canada