
1920s WWI commemorative shield found
One of the most unique artifacts on permanent display at Edmonton Public Schools Archives and Museum is a large bronze…
One of the most unique artifacts on permanent display at Edmonton Public Schools Archives and Museum is a large bronze…
Over its 102 years, the main floor of the building has served as a tent and awning store and was…
When I first moved downtown from the Whyte Avenue area, I was incredibly nervous. Resistant to the idea that downtown…
They were in the right place at the right time, and these pioneer photographers left behind a remarkable visual record…
On July 1, 1984, with the doors open to the newly built Edmonton Space Sciences Centre (ESSC), the facility ushered in…
In the mid-seventies the Flashback nite club—the second gay-owned bar in Edmonton—was founded. By the early 80s, Flashback had become the…
Jasper Avenue has a long tradition as Edmonton’s centre of commerce and financial enterprise. At one point in the early…
During the five years of the Second World War, Edmonton came into its own as a city, where anything is…
Just as importantly, the earliest archivists and some government leaders understood the enormous value of this visual history, and had…
John Donnan was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1892 and immigrated to Canada in March 1902 as a young…
Capilano Mall is the saddest mall in Edmonton. Yet in its last days before major renovations starting in June, the…
On August 1, 1926 there is a story that the barking of a small dog startled an elephant named Mary…