First question - what are the photos in? If they're in an old "sticky back" album - I would be very hesitant trying to remove them - those albums go two ways - either the glue has dried and the photos fall off the page or the glue will adhere to the back of the photo and they won't budge for anything. If they don't budge, leave them. You'll likely end up wrecking them if you try to pry them off.
Okay, now onto reproduction - I'd suggest scanning the photos - digital photos won't turn out very well. If someone you know has a scanner at home, you can just do it yourself. If you do use a photo lab of any sort, I'd make sure they don't send it off somewhere else - that just increases the likelihood of loss.
There are a number of places that'll do coffee-table type books out there - I've never used them, but I know many have been happy with that.
Good luck!
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