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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Goodacre Lake, Victoria, B.C.

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Date: 1909
Description: Two women shown walking on a walkway beside Goodacre Lake in Victoria, B.C.

Goose Bay Cannery

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View looking out from the Goose Bay Cannery. Numerous small boats are shown in the foreground.

Gorge Bridge

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Name(s): Trio
Description: The bridge crossing the Gorge.

Gorge Bridge June 11th 1918 Victoria, B.C.

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Date: 1918
Description: Gorge waterway and bridge in Victoria, B.C.

Gorge Bridge, Victoria B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: The Gorge Bridge in Victoria, B.C. The reflections of the bridge and surrounding trees are shown on the water.

Gorge Bridge, Victoria, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Gorge waterway and bridge in Victoria, B.C.

Gorge Park Victoria B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: A crowd of people at Gorge Park in Victoria, B.C. Most of the people are shown sitting on long benches.

Government Bldg., Cranbrook, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: A government building in Cranbrook, B.C.

Government Bridge, Fraser River

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View of the Government Bridge over the Fraser River at New Westminster, B.C.

Government Building, Cranbrook C.P.R. Station

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Name(s): Rice, Lewis
Description: A government building and the Canadian Pacific Railway station in Cranbrook, B.C.

Government Building, Cranbrook, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: The government building in Cranbrook, B.C.

Government Building, Victoria B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View of the British Columbia Parliament Buildings in Victoria, B.C. The Inner Harbour is shown in the foreground.

Government Buildings Stewart BC

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Two government buildings in Stewart, B.C. Two men are shown standing in front of the doorway to each building.

Government Drydock, Esquimalt, Victoria, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Name(s): B.C. Airways Ltd.
Description: View of the government dry dock at Esquimalt, B.C.

Government House

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Name(s): Trio
Description: Government House in Victoria, B.C.