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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Prospectors Packing For the Hills, Stewart, BC

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Group of pack horses in Stewart, B.C. A small group of men are shown near the horses.

Providence Orphanage, New Westminster, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Providence Orphanage in New Westminster, B.C.

Provincial Exhibition and Horse Show Victoria, B.C.

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Date: 1909
Description: Provincial Exhibition and Horse Show in Victoria, B.C. Numerous people are show at the exhibition grounds.

Provincial Exhibition and Horse Show Victoria, B.C.

Date: 1909
Description: Advertisement for the Provincial Exhibition and Horse in Victoria, B.C. A horse race is shown taking place.

Provincial Governemnt and City Offices Cranbrook, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: The provincial government and city offices in Cranbrook, B.C.

Provincial Government Bld., Grand Forks, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: The provincial government building in Grand Forks, B.C.

Provincial Government Buildings Victoria, British Columbia

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Date: 1907
Description: Painting or drawing of a view of the British Columbia Parliament Buildings in Victoria, B.C. The Inner Harbour is shown in the foreground.

Provincial Government Buildings, Nanaimo, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Provincial government buildings in Nanaimo, B.C.

Provincial Government Buildings, Victoria, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View of the British Columbia Parliament Buildings in Victoria, B.C. The image on the postcard has been woven in silk.

Provincial Government Buildings, Victoria, B.C.

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Date: 1908
Description: View of the British Columbia Parliament Buildings in Victoria, B.C. showing the Inner Harbour in the foreground.

Provincial Government Buildings, Victoria, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: British Columbia Parliament Buildings in Victoria, B.C. viewed from behind some trees.

Provincial Government Buildings, Victoria, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View of the British Columbia Parliament Buildings in Victoria, B.C. Some automobiles are shown parked on a street in the foreground.

Provincial Home for Old Men, Kamloops, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: The Provincial Home for Old Men in Kamloops, B.C.

Provincial Mental Hospital Essondale, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Provincial Mental Hospital in Essondale, B.C.

Provincial Museum Victoria, B.C. Canada

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Several totem poles at the Provincial Museum in Victoria, B.C.