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.
Sin títuloThis series contains photographs of early Edmonton collected by City Architect Robert Falconer Duke.
- EA-97-1: Prairie Schooner (1905)
- EA-97-2: Horse & Wagon (n.d.)
- EA-97-3: Fort Edmonton from West Side (1871)
- EA-97-4: Parliament Buildings (ca. 1915) [Alberta Legislature with Fort Edmonton in foreground]
- EA-97-5: Edmonton Incline Railway (ca. 1910)
- EA-97-6: Dr. Harry Smith’s Buggy & Coachman (n.d.)
The fonds consists of textual records, historical documents, photographs, paintings and maps gathered by NAPOTA in support of the association’s goal of preserving the history of Edmonton. The fonds also includes the records of the association including minutes, membership records, correspondence, financial documents and news clippings.
The fonds is arranged as follows:
- Minutes 1914-1989
- Correspondence files 1926, 1928-1929
. a. Alphabetical file series
. b. Correspondence files - Topical files 1887-2009
. a. Alphabetical file series
. b. Correspondence files - Membership records
- Newspapers and Clippings
- Financial records
- Certificates
- Ephemera
- Maps
- Books
The fonds consists of photographs of early-20th-century images of Edmonton including stores, streetscapes, and parades.
Sin títuloThe fonds consists of textual records and photographs created or collected by Hubert A. Hollingworth. The textual records reflect Hollingworth’s business and photography work, as well as his family and household life. There are also records where it is not known how they are specifically related to Hollingworth, so it has been assumed he collected the pieces. These records, as well as the books and maps, reflect Hollingworth's variety of interests.
The photographs cover a wide array of Edmonton including buildings and street scenes, activities and events, as well as people and businesses.
The photograph records are divided into two series:
Series 1 – Hollingworth Photographs.
Series 2 – Glass Slide Photographs.
This series consists of photographs taken by Hubert Hollingworth. The images document life in Edmonton during the first half of the twentieth century, including portraits, street scenes, buildings, events and activities.
This series consists of photographs originally created by others or from books, which Hubert Hollingworth re-photographed onto glass slide negatives. These were possibly used by Hollingworth for presentations on glass slides. The images cover a variety of subjects including religion and missionary work, farm animals, medical education, images of the reconstruction of England after WWII, Indigenous people, the Canadian West including Saskatchewan, Vancouver and the Rocky Mountains, and Quebec.
The majority of the religious images belonged to missionary Charles O. Bowen, a Welsh immigrant. The images consist of nature photographs, often mountain scenes with a biblical scripture or hymn transposed on them.
Another contributor of the religious images was Miss Cork, a missionary who worked in Africa.
Some of the medical education images can be attributed to professors from the University of Alberta including Dr. Evan Greene, Dr. Ralph Faust Shaner and Dr. Maxwell Mordecai Cantor.
Dr. Evan Greene (1873-1966), a surgeon and anatomist, was one of Alberta’s earliest doctors. The subject of his slides is anatomy.
Dr. Ralph Faust Shaner (1893-1976) was an anatomist, professor and head of the University of Alberta’s Department of Anatomy. His images represent many of the course that he taught such as histology, embryology and neuroanatomy.
Dr. Maxwell Mordecai Cantor (1903-1981) was the provincial coroner and a biochemist at the University of Alberta. Dr. Cantor’s images are of the pathology of disease.
The 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.
Sin títuloThe collection consists of photographs collected by Barend Wissink, which were originally arranged in a scrapbook. The photographs include scenes of Edmonton and the Northwest Territories.
Sin títuloTrain of buffalo passing thru Great Falls, Montana, enroute to Elk Park Canada. 201 buffalo in cars.