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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Port Simpson B.C.

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Date: 1909
Description: View of a beach, bridge and some buildings at Port Simpson, B.C.

Port Simpson, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Two totem poles at Port Simpson, B.C.

Portland Caf�

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Man holding a giant fork on an advertisement for the Portland Caf� in Vancouver, B.C.

Portrait Gallery, Government Buildings, Victoria, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Interior of the Portrait Gallery at the British Columbia Parliament Buildings in Victoria, B.C.

Post Office and Customs, Rossland, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Post office and customs building in Rossland, B.C. Several men are shown in front of the building.

Post Office and Winch Building, Vancouver, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Post office and Winch Building in Vancouver, B.C.

Post Office Building, New Westminster, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Post office building in New Westminster, B.C. Some pedestrians and a streetcar are shown.

Post Office Chilliwack B.C.

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Date: 1947
Description: The post office building in Chilliwack, B.C. A man is shown sitting on the stairs leading up to the building.

Post Office Chilliwack B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: The post office building in Chilliwack, B.C.

Post Office Courtenay, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Courtenay, B.C. post office.

Post Office Nanaimo BC.

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Date: 1941
Description: Post office in Nanaimo, B.C.

Post Office Rossland, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Post office in Rossland, B.C.

Post Office Rossland, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Post office in Rossland, B.C.

Post Office Victoria B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View of the Post Office in Victoria, B.C. from the harbour. Several boats are shown in the harbour.

Post Office, Belmont Building and Empress Hotel, Victoria, B.C. Canada

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View of the post office, Belmont Building and Empress Hotel in Victoria, B.C. The Inner Harbour is shown to the left of the image.