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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Mount Whistler, Alta Lake BC

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Name(s): Bradbury, C.
Description: View of Mount Whistler through the trees.

Mountain Climbing (Swiss Guides), Glacier, B.C. on Canadian Pacific Railway

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Four Swiss guides mountain climbing at Glacier, B.C.

Mountain Sheep, Cranbrook, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Numerous mountain sheep in Cranbrook, B.C.

Mountain, Near Chilliwack, B.C.

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Date: 1923
Description: View of a mountain near Chilliwack, B.C.

Mountains near Cranbrook, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View of the Rocky Mountains near Cranbrook, B.C.

Mountains Near Cranbrook, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View of the Rocky Mountains near Cranbrook, B.C.

Mouth of Campbell River Vancouver Island BC.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Name(s): Royal Canadian Air Force
Description: An aerial view of the mouth of the Campbell River.

Mouth of Port Neville Inlet, B.C. Entering Johnston Straits

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View of the mouth of the Port Neville Inlet entering the Johnston Straits.

Mouth of the Thompson

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View of the mouth of the Thompson River. Some mountains are shown in the distance.

Movie Recreation Halls and Gymnasium, Britannia Beach, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Movie recreation halls and gymnasium in Britannia Beach, B.C.

Moyie Lake Bungalows, Moyie, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Name(s): Braunagel, Rob. E.
Description: A bungalow at Moyie Lake, B.C. Snow is shown on the ground and surrounding trees.

Moyie Lake Bungalows, Moyie, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: A man standing beside some snow carvings at the Moyie Lake Bungalows.

Moyie Lake Bungalows, Moyie, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Name(s): Braunagel, Rob. E.
Description: Four people by some snow carvings at the Moyie Lake Bungalows.

Moyie Lake Bungalows, Moyie, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: A close up look at a large snow carving at the Moyie Lake Bungalows.

Moyie Lake Bungalows, Moyie, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Name(s): Braunagel, Rob. E.
Description: Some snow carvings at the Moyie Lake Bungalows. A bungalow with some smoke coming out of its chimney is shown behind the carvings.