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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Elk Falls Near Courtenay, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Name(s): Spalding, Joseph Frederick, 1877-1958
Description: View of Elk Falls near Courtenay, B.C.

Elk Falls Paper Mill Campbell River, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Name(s): Baldwin Photo
Description: An aerial view of the Elk Falls Paper Mill in Campbell River, B.C.

Elk Falls Park Vancouver Island

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View of Elk Falls on Vancouver Island, B.C.

Elk Falls V.I.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Elk Falls on Vancouver Island, B.C.

Elk Falls, Campbell River Vancouver Island, B.C.

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Date: 1941
Description: View of the top of Elk Falls in Campbell River, B.C. The viewing area is shown to the left of the image.

Elk Falls, Campbell River, V.I.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Name(s): Trio
Description: A close up look at Elk Falls in Campbell River, B.C.

Elk Falls, Chilliwack, B.C.

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Date: 1916
Description: Elk Falls in Chilliwack, B.C.

Elk Falls, Near Campbell River, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Name(s): Spalding, Joseph Frederick, 1877-1958
Description: Close up look at Elk Falls near Campbell River, B.C.

Elk Falls, Near Campbell River, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Name(s): Spalding, Joseph Frederick, 1877-1958
Description: View of Elk Falls near Campbell River, B.C.

Elk Falls, V.I.

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Date: 1945
Name(s): Silvertone
Description: Elk Falls on Vancouver Island, B.C.

Elk Falls, V.I. B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View of the Elk Falls on Vancouver Island, B.C.

Elk Hotel, Comox, V.I.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Name(s): Trio
Description: The Elk Hotel in Comox, B.C. A pier or wharf is shown to the right of the image.

Elk Lake from the Sidney Road

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Name(s): [illegible]
Description: Elk Lake, B.C. viewed from Sidney Road. A small dock is shown.

Elk Lumber Co Fernie BC

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Date: 1912
Description: View of the Elk Lumber Company's sawmill in Fernie, B.C.

Elk Lumber Co's Mill, Fernie, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: The Elk Lumber Company's mill in Fernie, B.C.