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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First Battalion Queen's Own Rifles of Canada

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Date: 1964
Description: Two men from the Frist Battalion Queen's Own Rifles of Canada band at the Feu de Joie Ceremony in Esquimalt, B.C. The two men are shown holding their musical instruments.

First Battalion Queen's Own Rifles of Canada

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Date: 1964
Description: A large group of men in the First Battalion Queen's Own Rifles of Canada at the Feu de Joie Ceremony in Esquimalt, B.C.

First Canyon Capilano, B.C.

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Date: 1953
Description: First Canyon at Capilano, B.C.

First Canyon Suspension Bridge Tea House Capilano, North Vancouver, B.C.

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Date: 1916
Description: The First Canyon Suspension Bridge at Capilano, North Vancouver, B.C.

First Canyon Suspension Bridge Tea House Capilano, North Vancouver, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View of the First Canyon suspension bridge at Capilano, North Vancouver, B.C. from further down the canyon. Several people are shown on the bridge.

First Canyon Suspension Bridge Tea House Capilano, North Vancouver, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Partial view of the First Canyon suspension bridge at Capilano, North Vancouver, B.C. from the bottom of the canyon.

First Canyon Suspension Bridge Tea House Capilano, North Vancouver, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Three people standing to the side of the suspension bridge at Capilano, North Vancouver, B.C. Some buildings are shown in the background.

First Capilano Canyon, Vancouver, B.C.

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Date: 1912
Description: A look down First Capilano Canyon, Vancouver, B.C.

First Capilano Canyon, Vancouver, B.C.

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Date: 1909
Description: View looking down First Capilano Canyon in Vancouver, B.C.

First Capilano Canyon, Vancouver, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View looking down First Capilano Canyon in Vancouver, B.C.

First Floor Suite, Harrison Hot Springs Hotel

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Name(s): Artray
Description: A first floor suite in the Harrison Hot Springs Hotel.

First Floor Suite, Harrison Hot Springs Hotel

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Name(s): Artray
Description: A first floor suite in the Harrison Hot Springs Hotel.

First Hotel Fort Fraser, B.C. 1914

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Date: 1914
Description: The Hotel Fraser in Fort Fraser, B.C.

First House in Stewart B.C.

Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: The first house in Stewart, B.C.

First Lift Bridge in Canada, C.N.R. over N. Thompson, near Kamloops, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: The first lift bridge in Canada crossing the North Thompson River near Kamloops, B.C. Several people are shown standing on top of the bridge as it is lifted.