Allin's Rexall Drug & Book Store.
- MIL A42.1-is-mil-1-163
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- Copied [ca. 1978] (originally created [1938]).
Part of Millet and District Historical Society Photograph Collection
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Allin's Rexall Drug & Book Store.
Part of Millet and District Historical Society Photograph Collection
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Bill Nahirnik on tractor in front of garage.
Part of Millet and District Historical Society Photograph Collection
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Curtiss Gas and Tire Depot, Millet, Alberta.
Part of Millet and District Historical Society Photograph Collection
View of the service station, with grain elevators in the background. In 1930, Curtiss Gas and Tire of Camrose purchased lots at the south end of Railway Street (50 Street) and built this service outlet. William Nahirnik was brought in to run it. He died in 1946. The business was run by his family until his son Edward Nahirnik sold it.
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Geoffrey Scatchard, manager of Imperial Bank in Millet, Alberta.
Part of Millet and District Historical Society Photograph Collection
Scatchard is depicted at work behind the bank counter.
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Interior of Imperial Bank in Millet, Alberta.
Part of Millet and District Historical Society Photograph Collection
Bank was situated at northwest corner of 50 Avenue and 50 Street. Geoffrey Scatchard is visible in the teller's cage.
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Part of Millet and District Historical Society Photograph Collection
The hardware store was on Block 2, Main Street. Built in 1915 by Morris & Taylor. Business run by Mr. Eastwood in 1921. Sold to Whyte & Orr in 1922 and E. J. Olesen was the manager until 1931 when J. E. Sheppard started in business there. He sold to Len Eckel in 1943. In January of 1946 W. Hildebrand bought the business and around 1950 it was purchased by Rheinie Pohl who owned it until the late 1960s. Following Pohl's ownership it became a grocery store. By 1992 it was in use as a daycare centre.
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M. Amundson Jeweller, Millet, Alberta.
Part of Millet and District Historical Society Photograph Collection
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Part of Millet and District Historical Society Photograph Collection
Photo shows the front facade of the cafe. Mac's Cafe was situated on Main Street (50 Street) on the west side of Block II between 49 Avenue and 50 Avenue at about Lot 4. Cafe was bought by Duncan McIntosh and Agnes McIntosh in 1935. Duncan died in 1936. Mrs. McIntosh and her family operated it until 1944.
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Maple Leaf Petroleum Ltd. service station, Millet, Alberta.
Part of Millet and District Historical Society Photograph Collection
Photo shows the Maple Leaf Garage, with a tractor in its parking lot, and the Alberta Wheat Pool elevator in the background. The service station was built in 1928 for Imperial Oil by Pettigrew & Scott. Jim Carney was the first proprietor (1928-1938). Maple Leaf Petroleum's first agents were Oakley Reynar and his brother Doug Reynar (1938-1942). They built a wood and stucco addition on the building in 1938 (after the picture was taken). They managed the service station in association with United Farmers of Alberta Central Co-operative Association Ltd. Subsequent agents were Henry Buchak (1942-1944), Alfred Moll (1944-1951), Norman Rose (1948-1967), Albert Grant and Eleanor Grant (1967- ), Earl Anderson (Joe Anderson).
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Millet Creamery staff posing in their garden, Millet, Alberta.
Part of Millet and District Historical Society Photograph Collection
Photo depicts the staff of the Millet Creamery (P. Burns & Co.) and the gardens, fish pond, and fountain they made. L to R: Manager Bill Corlett, bookkeeper Kathleen Hamilton, George Easterbrook, Bill Harrod, Jerry Scott, George Rupert.
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