Photo Archive Box

Our Photo Archive Box provides an easy and affordable way to have your photos digitized. Fill your photo Archive Box with prints sized 2.5×3.5″ up to 8×12″. Have up to 750 4×6″ photos scanned for as low as 16¢ each! Final quantity varies based on print sizes and the box must close flush. Prints are scanned at 300 dpi at their original size and saved onto an Archival DVD. Flash drives and additional copies of the DVD are available – perfect for sharing with family and friends!

STEP 1: Purchase the Photo Archive Box in-store or online, bring it home & fill it with up to 750 loose prints

STEP 2: Return the box to our Golden Valley store

STEP 3: 2 weeks later, pick-up your original prints and a new archival DVD of the digital images*

*Service time may vary during sales, promotions and/or the during the holiday season.

Photo Archive Box Checklist & Tips

• • Fill this box with photos sized 2.5×3.5” up to 8×10”. It holds up to 750 – 4×6“ photos, however final quantity varies based on print sizes. Box must close flush. If box does not close flush, additional photos are scanned at 19¢ each.  * *Service time may vary, during archiving promotions and the holiday season.

• • Photos will be scanned at their original size at 300 dpi, ideal for viewing on screens (computer, television, internet) and reprints at original size. Higher resolution scans are available at $2.99 per scan.

• • This service does not include negative and slide scanning. See our Archiving Price List for additional scanning services.

• • Photos smaller than 2.5×3.5” and larger than 8×12” will require an additional Flatbed Scan Service, $1.99 per scan. This also includes aged photos and more. See “Photo Archive Box Extras” for details.

• • Copyrighted photos will not be scanned due to copyright laws.

• • Service does not include the scanning of the back of the photos.

• • Please group same sized photos/formats together, face up, and remove all tape, staples and paper clips.

• • Organize your images with Digital Folders. See “Photo Archive Box Extras” for details.

• • Your photos will be re-stacked for efficient scanning, therefore they may not be in the order you submitted them. However, we will do our best to keep your photos organized as they were in box.

Photo Archive Box Extras

When dropping off your Photo Archive Box, you may select any of these additional services to help you get the archiving service perfect for you!

• Flatbed Scan Service, $1.99 per scan

• Applies to all aged, delicate, mounted and tin-type photos, thicker photos including Polaroids, and photos smaller than 2.5×3″ or larger than 8×10″, plus photos with tape or sticky residue on back of photo. Please note: If service is not selected, these photos will not be scanned. Selection applies to entire order.

• Organize your images with Digital Folders on DVD, $2.00 per folder

• Photos must be grouped together by bags or banding only, labeled clearly. Additional sorting services not available.

• 4×6” Print of each scanned photo, $0.19 per print

• Selection applies to entire order. Print discount only available at time of drop off.

• Contact Sheet of all scans, $9.99

• Have us print contact sheets of your entire scan order so you know what photos are on the CD

• Transfer files to USB Flash Drive, $14.99 additional

• Additional DVD for family & friends, $7.99 each

For more information, please visit our Archiving Services page