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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Displaying 1936 - 1950 of 5988

Cloverdale, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: A street in Cloverdale, B.C. Some automobiles and storefronts are shown.

Cloverdale, B.C.

MSC130-166-01-Thumbnail Image.jpg
Date: 1954
Description: A street in Cloverdale, B.C. A hotel, some storefronts and some automobiles are shown.

Cloverdale, B.C.

MSC130-167-01-Thumbnail Image.jpg
Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: A street in Cloverdale, B.C. Some automobiles and storefronts are shown.

Cloverdale, B.C.

MSC130-168-01-Thumbnail Image.jpg
Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: A street in Cloverdale, B.C. Some buildings and an automobile service station are shown.

Cloverdale, B.C.

MSC130-169-01-Thumbnail Image.jpg
Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: A street in Cloverdale, B.C. Some storefronts and automobiles are shown.

Cloverdale, B.C.

MSC130-172-01-Thumbnail Image.jpg
Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: A street in Cloverdale, B.C. Some storefronts and automobiles are shown.

Cloverdale, B.C.

MSC130-173-01-Thumbnail Image.jpg
Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: An intersection in Cloverdale, B.C. An automobile service station and hotel are shown.

Cloverdale, B.C.

MSC130-179-01-Thumbnail Image.jpg
Date: 1954
Description: A street in Cloverdale, B.C. Some automobiles and storefronts are shown.

Cloverdale, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: A street in Cloverdale, B.C. Some automobiles and storefronts are shown.

Cloverdale, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: A street in Cloverdale, B.C. Some storefronts and automobiles are shown.

Cloverdale, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View looking down a street in Cloverdale, B.C. Some storefronts and automobiles are shown.

CNPC Co. Office Fernie

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Date: 1940
Description: The Crows Nest Pass Coal Company's office in Fernie, B.C. An automobile is shown parked in front of the building.

CNPL Co Saw Mill Wardner B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Name(s): W.G. Barclay
Description: The Crows Nest Pass Lumber Company's sawmill in Wardner, B.C.

Co-op Store Beech Ave. Gibsons L'd'g' B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Beech Avenue in Gibsons Landing, B.C. An automobile and some storefronts are shown.

Coal Creek, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View of Coal Creek, B.C. Some railroad tracks are shown running along the hillside above the town.