The collection consists of colourized photograph postcards of scenes of Edmonton including Jasper Avenue, Tegler Block, Alberta Hotel and Strathcona Bridge.
Sans titreThe fonds consists of photographs from the Edmonton Chamber of Commerce's in-house collection. Many of the photographs are by the Byron-May Company, who were commissioned by the Edmonton Chamber of Commerce to create brochures promoting Edmonton as an up and coming city.
The photographs are of early Edmonton and include buildings, street scenes, city and farm scenes, animals, agriculture, people and events.
Sans titreThe fonds consists of 6 photographs of the Henderson family and their farms. Also included in the fonds is a group photograph of early surveyors.
Sans titreFonds consists of 8 photographic postcards of Edmonton scenes and 1 photograph of High Level Bridge under construction.
Sans titreThe fonds consists of photographs of the Edmonton skyline from various viewpoints.
Sans titreThe fonds consists of records sent from the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre to the City of Edmonton Archives.
The photographs include various buildings and street scenes in Strathcona (1910) and an aerial view of the University of Alberta area (1920).
File List:
File 1: promotional brochure – Strathcona, Alberta, Canada – The Railway, Industrial and Educational Centre of the Province, by Strathcona and District Board of Trade, 1910.
File 2: air mail envelope – The King Edward Hotel, Edmonton,
File 3: pamphlets – North West Tent & Awning Company Catalogue [ca. 1940], North West Tent & Awning Company Price List, 1940.
File 4: typed manuscript – History Of The Edmonton Airport, n.d. (photocopy), nb – no author identified
The collection consists of photographs of buildings, street scenes and people of Edmonton.
Sans titreThis collection consists of:
- a Bank of British North America promissory note from E.V. Creed? To Robertson and Davidson Limited, October 4, 1916
- a Bank of British North America promissory note from Glen Wilson to A.J. Davidson, July 7, 1919
- the Saturday Evening Post, August 12, 1950 - includes an article on Edmonton, Alberta
- a postcard of Jasper Avenue circa 1910 with a letter from Mrs Jessie James MacDonald to Ida - EA-283-01
- a photograph Natural Gas Lighting at Tofield, July 31, 1912 - EA-468-1
This collection consists of donations accumulated by the City of Edmonton Archives which consist of a limited number of photographs. Often these donations had little or no provenance, however were considered to be historically relevant enough to preserve. Photographs range in subject matter from Edmonton events, buildings, transportation, people, and businesses.
Sans titreThe fonds consists of photographs of the Mawhinney family, sports teams the Mawhinney’s were part of, the family home in Rossdale, the Arctic Ice Company, the Ross Flats clubhouse, the North Saskatchewan River, and damage from the 1915 flood.
Sans titre