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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Creston B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: A view of Creston, B.C. Surrounding mountains are shown.

Creston B.C. & District

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: An aerial view of Creston, B.C. and district. Surrounding mountains are shown.

Creston B.C. High School

Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: High school in Creston, B.C.

Creston B.C., and District

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View of Creston, B.C. and district. An industrial facility with steam and/or smoke emanating from it is shown in the distance to the right of the image.

Creston Flats and Duck Lake Near Creston, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Name(s): Buckna
Description: An aerial view of the Creston Flats and Duck Lake near Creston, B.C. Surrounding mountains are shown.

Creston Flats, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View of the Creston, B.C. flats. Some mountains in the distance are shown.

Creston Flats, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View of the Creston Flats flooded in Creston, B.C. Surrounding mountains are shown.

Creston Flats, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View of the Creston Flats flooded in Creston, B.C. Surrounding mountains are shown.

Creston Flats, Creston, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Name(s): Buckna
Description: Aerial view of the Creston Flats in Creston, B.C. Surrounding mountains are shown.

Creston Flats, Creston, B.C.

MSC130-638-0001-Thumbnail Image.jpg
Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Name(s): Buckna
Description: An aerial view of the Creston Flats in Creston, B.C. Surrounding mountains are shown.

Creston, B.C.

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

Creston, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View of Creston, B.C. A fence is shown in the foreground.

Creston, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View of a farm field and surrounding mountain in Creston, B.C.

Creston, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: A farm field and building in Creston, B.C. Some mountains are shown in the background.

Creston, B.C.

MSC130-651-0001-Thumbnail Image.jpg
Date: 1948
Name(s): Werre's Studio
Description: Some men beside a river in Creston, B.C. preparing for a flood with sand bags.