Price Reduction
The City of Edmonton Archives has recently reduced the price for photograph order scans from $25 to $17.
Sales
Photograph Orders
Archival images make interesting, attractive and affordable decorations for your home or office. They're great gifts too!
Photographs can be purchased as digital files. See our Order Form for more information.
- We offer scan reproductions only (no print orders).
- Scans will be provided as 300dpi JPGs.
- Scans will be watermarked, unless used in a publication.
- Scans will be delivered via Google Drive only (no CDs).
- The price of scans is $17.
- Requests for scans at any resolution or file type other than 300dpi JPG will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
- The commercial use fee no longer applies.
Image Watermarks
Many of our images are provided with watermarks. You will notice that we've watermarked images on our database like this:
Purchased images have a small gold watermark like this:
Images provided without a watermark must be credited as described on our Order Form.
Reproductions
Photocopying/Digital Scan (PDF)
| Type | Sizes | Fee |
|---|---|---|
| Regular | Letter or legal size | $0.50/page |
| Oversize | Ledger size | $0.60/page |
| Colour | Letter, legal or ledger size | $2/page |
| Microfilm | Letter size | $0.50/page |
| PDF Scan | Letter, legal or ledger size | $0.50/page |
| Aerial Photos | Scan or ledger size laser prints | $5/photo |
Blueprints
We have a large collection of commercial (and a limited number of residential) blueprints.
When copies of blueprints are ordered there is a $25 minimum charge. The final cost may be higher depending on the number of pages to copy. See the Order Form for more information or contact us at 780-496-8711 or at cms.archives@edmonton.ca.
Services
Reference Services
E-mail and Phone Service
Please contact the Archives at 780-496-5989 to make an appointment prior to your visit or if you are unable to come into the Archives. We may be able to find answers to simple research questions for you. We’ll also help you determine if we have material of interest to you in our holdings.
If we do have records relating to your interests, we can retrieve some preliminary material and have it on hold for you ready for your visit.
Or, we can refer you somewhere that might have what you’re looking for (the Provincial Archives of Alberta, for example).
On-site Service
When you visit the Archives, a reference archivist is available in our reference room to help you. This includes orientating new users to our self-serve material and how to use our finding aids.
Typically, archivists don’t do research for you. Instead, we’re here to point you in the right direction so you can find the answers yourself with the materials provided.
For help with research needs, we recommend contacting the Alberta Genealogical Society or hiring a professional researcher to assist you.