Historical Photographs

The CBIRH is a non-profit historical society that is dedicated to furthering the documentation and presentation of this region's history. They partner with small organizations and individuals to develop regional collections of historical material. The Rossland Museum & Discovery Centre (RMDC) is just one organization that partners with CBIRH. RMDC loans its photographic collection to CBIRH and they digitize it at no cost to the museum!

The proceeds from the photo sales are shared between RMDC and CBIRH. This money helps support the museum with operating costs and preserving the original photo (archival storage materials aren’t cheap!) while the CBIRH uses their portion of the sales proceeds to maintain the digital collection, their website, the database, and their day-to-day operations.

Condition of Sale and Use of Photographic Prints

• The prints ordered are solely for research and private study. To use these prints for any other purpose, you must contact the Columbia Basin Institute of Regional History and request permission.

• The user may not reproduce or permit others to reproduce the photographic copy or any facsimile of it. Additional copies must be purchased from the Columbia Basin Institute of Regional History.

• The Columbia Basin Institute of Regional History acts as agent for a number of institutional and private partners and does not itself own any photographic images.

• All responsibility for possible copyright infringement and invasion of privacy arising from use of reproductions is assumed by the user.

The Columbia Basin Institute of Regional History agrees to provide the applicant with digital file copies of images from the electronic databases of the Columbia Basin Image Bank or from the Columbia Basin Institute of Regional History.

These files will be provided on the following terms:

• The Columbia Basin Institute of Regional History retains all rights to the supplied files. The applicant agrees that neither the downloaded files nor any copies, either physical or electronic, will be sold, distributed, shared, loaned, exchanged, traded, transferred, transmitted, rented, leased, deposited, or given to any other individual, company or organization, for any reason whatsoever. Any copies created by the applicant, either physical or electronic, must be destroyed at the conclusion of the project.

• The applicant understands that acquiring these files is for the use as per the applicant's stated purpose [i.e., personal research] and will not be used for any other project without permission.

• All responsibility for copyright infringement and invasion of privacy arising from use of reproductions is assumed by the user.

• All files used for publication or display must credit the Columbia Basin Image Bank and the Rossland Museum & Discovery Centre.

Watermarks
All images on the Columbia Basin Institute’s website are watermarked. Purchased photos have the watermark removed. The images have a watermark on them to prevent the reproduction or theft of the images without the permission of the Institute and Partners. All of the photographs on the Institute’s website are the property of the Columbia Basin Institute of Regional History and the partnering museum or society.