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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Comox BC

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Date: 1908
Description: View of the waterfront at Comox, B.C. from a pier or wharf.

Comox BC

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Date: 1913
Description: View of the waterfront at Comox, B.C. from a pier or wharf.

Comox Glacier From the Elk Hotel

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Name(s): Bradbury, C.
Description: View of the Comox Glacier from the Elk Hotel in Comox, B.C. Comox Bay is shown in the foreground.

Comox Glacier, From the Elk, Comox Bay

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Name(s): Bradbury, C.
Description: View of the Comox Glacier from Comox Bay, B.C.

Comox Glacier, From the Elk, Comox Bay

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Name(s): Bradbury, C.
Description: View of the Comox Glacier from the Elk in Comox, B.C. Comox Bay is shown in the foreground.

Comox Lake Cumberland B.C.

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Date: 1910
Description: View of Comox Lake from Cumberland, B.C. Surrounding mountains are shown.

Comox Street, showing Caroline Court and St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View looking up Comox Street in Vancouver, B.C. Caroline Court and St. Paul's Hospital are shown.

Comox, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Name(s): Bradbury, C.
Description: View looking down a pier towards the shore at Comox, B.C. Some buildings are shown.

Comox, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View of a sunset at the waterfront in Comox, B.C. Several small boats are shown on the water.

Comox, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Looking down a pier or wharf at Comox, B.C. towards the shore. Some buildings are shown.

Comox, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: A street in Comox, B.C. Some buildings and utility poles are shown. An animal is shown eating grass beside the street in the foreground.

Comox, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View looking down a dirt road in Comox, B.C. A dwelling is shown to the right of the image.

Comox, B.C., From Royston

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Date: 1946
Name(s): Bradbury, C.
Description: View of Comox, B.C. from Royston.

Comox, B.C., From Royston

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Name(s): Bradbury, C.
Description: View of the waterfront at Comox, B.C. from Royston. Comox Bay is shown in the foreground.

Comox, Vancouver Island

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Name(s): Aero Surveys Limited
Description: An aerial view of Comox, B.C.