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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Greetings From Nanaimo Canada

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Postcard with a brown background with the words "Greetings From Nanaimo Canada" in yellow. A few maple leaves are shown in the same yellow colour.

Greetings From Tofino Canada

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Date: 1909
Description: A postcard with the words "Greetings From Tofino Canada" on the front. The word "Tofino" is surrounded by purple flowers.

Greetings from Vancouver

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Date: 1906
Description: Postcard with "Greetings from Vancouver" on the front of it. A few maple leaves are shown.

Greetings From Vancouver, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Six different images of places in Vancouver, B.C.

Greetings From Victoria B C

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Numerous people shown within the letters for Victoria, B.C. Two hands are shown shaking between the B and C for B.C.

Grinder Room, Where Wood is Ground for Making Wood Pulp, Powell River Co. Ltd. Powell River, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Six men in the grinder room at the Powell River Company Limited in Powell, B.C.

Group on the steps of Parliament Building with the L. Governor

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Date: 1917
Description: A large group of people on the steps of the British Columbia Parliament Buildings in Victoria, B.C. with the Lieutenant Governor in 1917.

Grouse Mountain Chair Lift

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Several people on the Grouse Mountain, B.C. chair lift.

Grouse Mountain Chair Lift

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: The chair lift at Grouse Mountain, B.C. Some people are shown on the chair lift.

Grouse Mountain Chair Lift

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: The chair lift at Grouse Mountain, B.C. Some skiers are shown on the chair lift.

Grouse Mountain Chair Lift

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: The chair lift at Grouse Mountain, B.C. Some skiers are shown on the chair lift.

Grouse Mountain Chair Lift

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: The chair lift at Grouse Mountain, B.C. Some people are shown on the chair lift.

Grouse Mountain Chair Lift

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Date: 1958
Description: The Grouse Mountain chair lift. Numerous people are shown on and around the lift.

Grouse Mountain Chair Lift Vancouver, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: A man and a dog on the Grouse Mountain Chair Lift.

Grouse Mountain Chair Lift-Vancouver in Background

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: The Grouse Mountain Chair Lift at night. A view of Vancouver is shown in the background.