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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Seymour Narrows, Vancouver, B.C.

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Date: 1905
Description: A walkway along the waterfront at the Seymour Narrows at Vancouver, B.C. A small boat is shown at the shore.

Shady Grove, Rio Vista Bungalow Court, Vancouver, Canada

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Shady Grove at Rio Vista Bungalow Court in Vancouver, B.C. A pathway leading through a wooded area is shown.

Shady Rest, Qualicum Beach, V.I.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Shady Rest restaurant in Qualicum Beach, B.C. The water is shown next to the resort.

Shaft Western Fuel Company, Nanaimo, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: A shaft at the Western Fuel Company in Nanaimo, B.C. Smoke is shown coming out of the shaft.

Shannon Falls, Squamish, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View of Shannon Falls from behind some trees.

Shannon Falls, Squamish, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: A look at Shannon Falls through the trees.

Shannon Falls, Squamish, B.C., Canada

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Shannon Falls and surrounding mountain side.

Shannon Falls, Squamish, B.C., Canada

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Shannon Falls and surrounding mountain side.

Shaughnessy Heights Gardens Vancouver B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Shaughnessy Heights Gardens in Vancouver, B.C.

Shaughnessy Heights, Vancouver, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View of a dwelling in the Shaughnessy Heights area of Vancouver, B.C.

Shaughnessy Hospital Vancouver B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Shaughnessy Hospital in Vancouver, B.C.

Shaughnessy Hospital Vancouver, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Shaughnessy Hospital in Vancouver, B.C.

Shawnigan Beach Hotel

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Numerous people on the shore and in the water at the Shawnigan Beach Hotel at Shawnigan Lake, B.C.

Shawnigan Beach Hotel, Shawnigan Lake, B.C.

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Date: 1962
Description: Numerous people on the shore and in the water at the Shawnigan Beach Hotel at Shawnigan Lake, B.C.

Shawnigan Beach Hotel, Shawnigan Lake, V.I., B.C., Canada

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Several people at the beach at the Shawnigan Beach Hotel at Shawnigan Lake, B.C. Two people are shown in a small boat and several people are shown sitting in chairs on the shore.