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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Lumber Camp scene, British Columbia

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Date: 1908
Description: A train pulling a load of logs through a lumber camp in British Columbia.

Lumber Operations at the Waterfront, New Westminster, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Name(s): Croton Studio
Description: Lumber operations at the waterfront in New Westminster, B.C. Gilley Bros lumber is shown.

Lumbering in the Canadian West

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Four horses pulling a large pile of logs in an unknown location. A man is shown on top of the logs.

Lumbering in the Canadian West

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Four horses pulling a large pile of logs in an unknown location.

Lumbering Operations on Vancouver Island, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: A train pulling a load of logs on Vancouver Island, B.C.

Lumbering Scene near Chemainus, Vancouver Island, British Columbia

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Two men cutting down a tree near Chemainus, B.C.

Lumbering Scene, Chilliwack, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: A lumbering scene in Chilliwack, B.C. A large log is shown in front of the lumber processing building. Several women are shown sitting off to the side.

Lumbering Scenes in British Columbia: Ox Teams

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Date: 1905
Name(s): Murchie, A
Description: A team of oxen pulling logs in British Columbia. Several men are shown around the oxen.

Lumbering, Vancouver, B.C.

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Date: 1907
Description: Four horses pulling a section of a log in Vancouver, B.C. Three men are shown on and around the log.

Lumbering, Vancouver, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Four horses pulling a large section of a log in Vancouver, B.C. Two men are shown on the log and one is shown holding on to the horses.

Lumberman's Arch, Stanley Park, Vancouver, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: The Lumberman's Arch at Stanley Park, B.C. A man and a child are shown looking at the arch.

Lumberman's Arch, Stanley Park, Vancouver, B.C.

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Date: 1918
Description: Numerous people walking down the walkway leading up to the Lumberman's Arch at Stanley Park, B.C. The North Shore Mountains are shown in the distance.

Lumbermans Arch Stanley Park

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: The Lumbermans Arch at Stanley Park, B.C. The North Shore Mountains are shown in the background.

Lumbermans Arch Stanley Park Vancouver Canada

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Date: 1916
Description: The Lumbermans Arch at Stanley Park, B.C.

Lumbermans Arch, Stanley Park, Vancouver, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Numerous people walking towards and away from the Lumberman's Arch at Stanley Park in Vancouver, B.C. The North Shore Mountains are shown in the background.