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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Main Street Penticton B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View looking south down Main Street in Penticton, B.C. Some storefronts and automobiles are shown.

Main Street Penticton B.C.

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Date: 1940
Name(s): Stocks
Description: Main Street in Penticton, B.C. Some storefronts and automobiles are shown.

Main Street Penticton, B.C

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Date: 1940
Name(s): Stocks
Description: Main Street in Penticton, B.C. Some storefronts, automobiles and pedestrians are shown.

Main Street Penticton, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Main Street in Penticton, B.C. Some storefronts and automobiles are shown.

Main Street Penticton, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Name(s): Stocks
Description: Main Street in Penticton, B.C. Some storefronts, automobiles and pedestrians are shown.

Main Street Penticton, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Name(s): Stocks
Description: Main Street in Penticton, B.C. Some storefronts and automobiles are shown.

Main Street Penticton, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Name(s): Stocks
Description: Main Street in Penticton, B.C. Some storefronts and automobiles are shown.

Main Street Penticton, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Name(s): Stocks
Description: Main Street in Penticton, B.C. Some storefronts and automobiles are shown.

Main Street-East, Armstrong, B.C., From Station

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Main Street east in Armstrong, B.C. Some storefronts and automobiles are shown.

Main Street, Alberni, V.I., B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Main Street in Alberni, B.C. Some storefronts and automobiles are shown.

Main Street, Ashcroft, B.C.

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Date: 1912
Description: Main Street in Ashcroft, B.C. Some storefronts and a person standing on the street are shown.

Main Street, Kamloops, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Main Street in Kamloops, B.C. Some storefronts and pedestrians are shown.

Main Street, Kelowna, B.C.

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Date: 1912
Name(s): Hudson, G. H. E.
Description: View of Main Street in Kelowna, B.C. looking east from the Presbyterian church tower.

Main Street, Kelowna, B.C. Looking West From Presbyterian Church Tower

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Date: 1911
Name(s): Hudson, G. H. E.
Description: An aerial view of Main Street in Kelowna, B.C. looking west from the Presbyterian church tower.

Main Street, McBride, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Main Street in McBride, B.C. Some storefronts, automobiles and pedestrians are shown.