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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C.P.R. Docks, Nanaimo, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Canadian Pacific Railway docks in Nanaimo, B.C. An ocean liner is shown.

C.P.R. Docks, Vancouver, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Numerous vessels at the Canadian Pacific Railway docks in Vancouver, B.C.

C.P.R. Empress Going Through Narrows, Vancouver

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: The Canadian Pacific Railway Empress ocean liner going through the Narrows at Vancouver, B.C.

C.P.R. Empress Hotel and Gardens, Victoria, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View of the Empress Hotel in Victoria, B.C. A fountain is shown in the foreground.

C.P.R. Empress Hotel and Gardens, Victoria, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View of the Empress Hotel and gardens in Victoria, B.C.

C.P.R. Empress Hotel and Gardens, Victoria, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View of the Empress Hotel and gardens in Victoria, B.C. A fountain is shown in the foreground.

C.P.R. Empress Hotel, Victoria, B.C. Canada

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View of the Empress Hotel in Victoria, B.C. An ocean named Princess Kathleen is shown full of people in the foreground.

C.P.R. Empress Hotel, Victoria, B.C., Canada

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: A large number of people on an ocean liner at the Inner Harbour in Victoria, B.C. The Empress Hotel is shown in the background.

C.P.R. Empress Liner "Vancouver"

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View of the Canadian Pacific Railway Empress liner Vancouver at Vancouver, B.C.

C.P.R. Engine 5900. Length 98 Ft., Weight 747,000 Lbs. 12,000 Gal. Water, 500 Gal. Oil, Revelstoke, B.C.

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Date: 1937
Description: A Canadian Pacific Railway locomotive in Revelstoke, B.C.

C.P.R. Engineers Quarters, West Portal of Roger's Pass Tunnel

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Date: 1915
Description: Canadian Pacific Railway engineer's quarters at the west portal of Roger's Pass Tunnel.

C.P.R. Flower Garden Kamloops B.C.

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Date: 1923
Name(s): Embury, J.J.
Description: The Canadian Pacific Railway flower garden in Kamloops, B.C.

C.P.R. Hotel "The Empress"

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Name(s): Trio
Description: View of the Empress Hotel in Victoria, B.C. The Inner Harbour is shown to the left of the image.

C.P.R. Hotel "The Empress", Victoria, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Empress Hotel in Victoria, B.C. Some pedestrians are shown in the foreground.

C.P.R. Hotel "The Empress", Victoria, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Empress Hotel in Victoria, B.C. viewed from the lawn in front of the British Columbia Parliament Buildings.