
Edmonton’s Short-lived “Charity Meters”
On April 30, 2001, Mayor Bill Smith smiled for the collected throng of reporters and photographers and dropped the first…
On April 30, 2001, Mayor Bill Smith smiled for the collected throng of reporters and photographers and dropped the first…
Jessy Nerval, 19 at the time, sat in the family room with his Father after dinner. They were discussing business….
The floor in Jesse Watson’s Calder bungalow is stamped with words like “wheat” and “barley,” clues to a fascinating past….
Monday, July 27 was warm, as you’d expect on a summer day in Edmonton. In the open space of the…
Kilns used to produce bricks in the early 20th century didn’t have the ability to heat evenly, and those placed…
In Edmonton’s early years, milled lumber was in short supply, and so dwellings were often constructed using logs. Early European…
Over the course of Curio’s working relationship with the Royal Alexandra Hospital, we discovered a tucked-away archive of old yearbooks…
Over the course of Curio’s working relationship with the hospital, we discovered a tucked-away archive of early 20th century…
For 70 years, electric trolleybuses travelled the streets of Edmonton. Between 1939 and 2009, they provided the city with an…
It has been said by many apt communicators that the grand, generalized and often repeated message is the most effective…
As one of the largest Northern Canadian urban centres, Edmonton is known for its long, sometimes harsh winters. For centuries,…
One of the most unique artifacts on permanent display at Edmonton Public Schools Archives and Museum is a large bronze…