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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Come to Vernon, B.C. and Grow the Big Apple

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Man on a horse drawn wagon full of giant apples in Vernon, B.C.

Comercial St. Nanaimo B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Commercial Street in Nanaimo, B.C. Some storefronts and pedestrians are shown.

Coming Your Way

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Date: 1905
Description: Painting of a man walking down railroad tracks.

Commercial and Wallace Street Nanaimo, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Intersection of Commercial and Wallace Streets in Nanaimo, B.C. Some storefronts and automobiles are shown.

Commercial Inlet Nanaimo Unloading Coal at Nanaimo

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Two different images of the Nanaimo, B.C. harbour.

Commercial St. Nanaimo, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Commercial Street in Nanaimo, B.C. Some storefronts, a horse drawn wagon and a horse drawn carriage are shown.

Commercial St. Nanaimo, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Commercial Street in Nanaimo, B.C. Some storefronts, automobiles and pedestrians are shown.

Commercial St., Nanaimo, B.C.

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Date: 1935
Description: Commercial Street in Nanaimo, B.C. Some storefronts and automobiles are shown.

Commercial str. Nanaimo B.C.

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

Commercial Street - Nanaimo, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Commercial Street in Nanaimo, B.C. Some storefronts, automobiles and pedestrians are shown.

Commercial Street Looking North Nanaimo, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View looking north down Commercial Street in Nanaimo, B.C. Some storefronts, automobiles and pedestrians are shown.

Commercial Street Nanaimo B.C.

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Date: 1947
Description: View of Commercial Street in Nanaimo, B.C.

Commercial Street, looking toward the Docks Nanaimo, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Commercial Street in Nanaimo, B.C. looking towards the docks. Some storefronts, pedestrians and automobiles are shown.

Commercial Street, Nanaimo, B.C.

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

Commercial Street, Nanaimo, B.C.

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