British Columbia Postcards Collection

This is an historically significant collection of over 6,000 B.C. postcards that visually and vividly capture a wide array of places, people, events, industries, geographic landmarks, architectural highlights, modes of transportation – all associated with British Columbia. Many are from the "golden age" of postcards, 1900 to 1920, as well as the period from 1920 until WW2. Many of the cards are in excellent condition and a large percentage contain personal messages useful in documentation. This online collection contains a subset of the print collection.

This is an historically significant collection of over 6,000 B.C. postcards that visually and vividly capture a wide array of places, people, events, industries, geographic landmarks, architectural highlights, modes of transportation – all associated with British Columbia. Many are from the "golden age" of postcards, 1900 to 1920, as well as the period from 1920 until WW2. Many of the cards are in excellent condition and a large percentage contain personal messages useful in documentation. This online collection contains a subset of the print collection.

License and Usage Permissions

This collection contains many items for which copyright has expired in Canada. For items still under copyright protection, Simon Fraser University is not able to grant permission for their reuse. We encourage the appropriate use of images from this collection for educational and other not-for-profit purposes. Attribution/citation should be provided as follows: Image [insert image number here, eg. MSC130-2144-01] courtesy of the British Columbia Postcards Collection, a digital initiative of Simon Fraser University Library. Please include the website url when images are used in an offline or print-based context.

Simon Fraser University wishes to hear from any copyright owner, or their representative, who believes that this project has not properly attributed their work, or has used it without authorization. Please contact copy@sfu.ca and include the URL of the digital image in your message.

Acknowledgements

SFU Special Collections and Rare Books gratefully acknowledges the financial support provided by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre's "BC History Digitization Program" and the SFU Library's Scholarly Digitization Fund to make this collection available online.

Contributed by Special Collections and Rare Books, Simon Fraser University Library.

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Britannia Beach the Mill After the Fire

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Date: 1921
Description: The mill in Britannia Beach after the fire.

Britannia Beach the Mill Before the Fire

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Date: 1921
Description: The mill in Britannia Beach before the fire.

Britannia Beach, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Britannia Beach mine and mountain side.

Britannia Beach, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View of Britannia Beach and surrounding mountains.

Britannia Beach, B.C. Before Flood

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Date: 1936
Description: View of Britannia Beach looking out at Howe Sound.

Britannia Beach, Howe Sound, BC

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View of Britannia Beach and surrounding mountains.

Britannia Townsite, Britannia Mines, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: The Britannia townsite at Britannia Mines, B.C. Snow is shown on the ground.

British Columbia Firs

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Date: 1906
Description: A man standing among some large British Columbia Fir trees.

British Columbia Indian, 100 Years old

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: A one hundred year old First Nations sitting next to a wooden building in British Columbia.

British Columbia Market Company Ltd. Butcher Store

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Interior of the British Columbia Market Company Limited Butcher shop in Victoria, B.C.

British Columbia Parliament Buildings, Victoria, V.I.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Name(s): Trio
Description: View of the Parliament Buildings at Victoria, B.C. from across the Inner Harbour. The reflection of the Parliament Buildings is shown on the water.

British Columbia Red Cedar

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Date: 1924
Description: Three large British Columbia Red Cedar trees.

British Columbia Tooth Picks

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Several men on and around boxes of British Columbia tooth picks in British Columbia.

Broad St. Victoria B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Broad Street in Victoria, B.C. Some storefronts and electric lines are shown.

Brocks Jr + Sr High School Powell River, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: A junior and senior high school in Powell River, B.C.