One Pic Per Year: Brampton, 1900 to 1924

Rewind to the first quarter of the 20th century, when Brampton was a small town surrounded by farmland and a few other hamlet communities, like Churchville, Huttonville, and Woodhill. Here are a few pics of that era, as industry grew locally. 00:04 1900: Hewetson's Shoe Factory, Brampton 00:10 1901: Brampton Young Men's Literary Society 00:14 circa 1902: Sheriff Robert Broddy 00:20 1903: Brampton Mechanics' Band 00:26 1904: Brampton's Thomas B. Coombs visits Winnipeg with Salvation Army General William Booth, 23 March 1904. 00:31 1905: Rosalea Park, Brampton 00:36 1906: Copeland-Chatterson Co. Ltd. baseball team. 00:42 1907: Merchant's Bank, 1 Main St South, the southwest corner of Main Street and Queen Street, Brampton 00:48 1908: Brampton Lawn Bowling Club, George Street, Brampton 00:53 circa 1909: Morrison log house, Toronto Gore. The log house itself was built in 1840, and the land later became the site of Castlemore Golf and Country Club. 00:58 1910: Groat cheese factory, at Lot 17, Chinguacousy, near Norval. In modern terms, this would be just north of Bovaird, between Mount Pleasant Village and Norval. 01:04 1911: Fire insurance plan, showing the CNR station and industrial lands around the railroad. 01:09 1912: Sheet printing, Copeland-Chatterson Co. Ltd., Railroad St, Brampton 01:14 circa 1913: Main Street, Huttonville 01:20 1914: Planned drill hall site during the First World War, submitted to the federal Minister of Justice. The hall would have been located on the northeast corner of Queen Street West and George Street. 01:25 circa 1915: Picnic tables at Eldorado Park 01:30 circa 1916: 126th Battalion CEF, A Company 01:42 1917: New steel bridge, Churchville 01:47 1918: Fundraising parade for a field kitchen for the 126th Battalion. 01:54 1919: Aerial view of Brampton 02:00 1920: Ladies Softball Team, Brampton 02:05 1921: Steam engine on the McMillan farm, near Brampton 02:11 1922: Brampton Citizens' Band after winning CNE Band Contest 02:18 1923: Certificate of record, transfer of ownership, The American Jersey Cattle Club, for Gertie's Golden Oxford, sold from Mrs. E. M. Kimball, Enosburg, Vermont to B. H. Bull & Son, Brampton, Ontario. "Gertie" was born in 1921. 02:24 circa 1924: Chinguacousy United School Section No. 17, Woodhill 02:30 1922: Queen St, looking east, Brampton.