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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[Italian Colony arch in an unknown location]

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: The Italian Colony arch for the Duke of Connaught's visit over a street in an unknown location.

[Italian Colony arch in Vancouver, B.C.]

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: The Italian Colony arch for the Duke of Connaught's visit over a street in Vancouver, B.C.

[John Waldbeser's house in Salmo, B.C.]

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: John Waldbeser's house in Salmo, B.C. A sprinkler is shown on the front lawn.

[John Waldbeser's house in Salmo, B.C.]

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: John Waldbeser's house in Salmo, B.C. Four people are shown sitting on the front porch.

[Kaslo, B.C.]

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View of Kaslo, B.C. and surrounding mountains.

[Kaslo, B.C.]

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Date: 1905
Description: View of Kaslo, B.C. and surrounding mountains.

[Kaslo, B.C.]

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View of Kaslo, B.C. and surrounding mountains.

[King Edward Hotel]

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: The King Edward Hotel in Port Alberni, B.C. Some automobiles are shown parked in front of the building.

[Ladysmith High School procession down a street in Ladysmith, B.C.]

Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Name(s): Knight, J.A.
Description: Ladysmith High School procession down a street in Ladysmith, B.C.

[Lake in an unknown location]

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Date: 1906
Description: View of a lake in an unknown location. The reflection of the surrounding trees is shown on the lake.

[Large boat at a wharf on Vancouver Island, B.C.]

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View of a large boat at a wharf on Vancouver Island, B.C.

[Large building and a street]

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: A large building, possibly a school, and a street in an unknown location.

[Large building in an unknown location]

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Date: 1911
Description: Large building in an unknown location.

[Large crowd of Doukhobors around a stage at the Jubilee Fiftieth Anniversary Doukhobors in Canada]

Date: 1949
Description: Large group of Doukhobors around a stage at the Jubilee Fiftieth Anniversary Doukhobors in Canada. A choir is shown on the stage.

[Large crowd of Doukhobors around Peter Verigin in an open casket in an unknown location]

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Date: 1939
Description: Large crowd of Doukhobors around Peter Verigin in an open casket in an unknown location.