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After 1910 Millet continued to grow. It had, by 1911, doubled it population in 6 years to 150. The following pictures were taken at various times between 1910 and 1920.

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C.P.R. Station Flower Garden and Employees
1905
C.P.R. Station, Millet, Alberta, Canada

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The C.P.R. Station was located on the west side of the railway tracks at the end of Minto Street (49th Avenue). The C.P. Railway Company encouraged station masters to have flower gardens near the station to enhance the view of the town for the railway passengers when the trains would stop at the station to drop off mail and passengers at Millet and to pick up outgoing mail and passengers for destinations near and far. The picture captures the view of the Millet C.P.R. Station gardens looking northwest to Main Street. The names of the four men in the foreground are unknown. Ca. 1902-1907.

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Millet Band
1915
Millet, Alberta, Canada

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The Millet Band played at many public functions in Millet and the surrounding area.
Left to right: Forrest Browning, Andrew Rodney, Laurel Benham, ?, ?, Carl Rodney, Eric Skjel, ?, ?, Guy Browning, Bill Browning (Marie (née Browning)Wagner's father).
Front Row: Harry Doane, Elvin Wolf, ?.

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Horses Being Driven Through Millet
1915
50th (Main) Street, Millet, Alberta, Canada

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Horses being driven north through Millet on what is now Highway 2A between 1912 and 1927. The Imperial Bank of Canada is on the right and the Van Meter building is in the background. Part of the Arlington Hotel can be seen at the far right.

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Looking East on 50th Avenue
1910
50th Avenue (Alberta Street), Millet, Alberta, Canada

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Street scene looking east on Alberta Street (now 50th Avenue). The Millet Hotel is on the left and the Van Meter store on the right. The Millet Post Office of the day can be seen on the far left and the railway grade in the background. Sleighs and horses, and cattle are in the foreground.

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Aerial View of Millet Looking to Northwest
1912
Aerial View of Millet, Alberta, Canada

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An aerial view looking northwest photographed from a grain elevator. In the foreground from left to right on Railway Street are: a barbershop, Campbell's Restaurant, and a meat market beside the Farmer's Cooperative Store that was housed in the Van Meter building. Part of the Mercantile Store building can be seen at the far left in the background. On the north side of Alberta Street are the Arlington Hotel and what was known as the "Telephone House" for a number of years. Goin's farm can be seen in the distance. Ca 1912.

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A.P. Mitchell Auction Sale
1913
49th Avenue (Minto Street), Millet, Alberta, Canada

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Auctioneer A.P. Mitchell conducting an auction sale east of the Millet Methodist Church (now the United Church) in 1913. Pinyon's Hall was built on this site in 1917. Note the wooden sidewalks in the foreground and the goat to be sold standing in the wagon.

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Picnic at Porter Wright's Farm
26 June 1917
Porter Wright's Farm, 2 miles east of Millet, Alberta, Canada