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.

Search within Collection

Displaying 4786 - 4800 of 5988

Siwash Rock, Stanley Park, Vancouver, B.C.

MSC130-5273-01-Thumbnail Image.jpg
Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: A woman viewing Siwash Rock from Stanley Park in Vancouver, B.C.

Siwash Rock, Stanley Park, Vancouver, B.C.

MSC130-5355-01-Thumbnail Image.jpg
Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Siwash Rock viewed from Stanley Park in Vancouver, B.C.

Siwash Rock, Vancouver, B.C.

MSC130-19279-01-Thumbnail Image.jpg
Date: 1912
Description: View of Siwash Rock with two small boats in the foreground.

Sixth D.C.O.R. on Review Cambie Street Grounds, Vancouver, B.C.

MSC130-4697-01-Thumbnail Image.jpg
Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Large crowd of people at the D.C.O.R. sixth review at the Cambie Street Grounds in Vancouver, B.C.

Sixth St., New Westminster, B.C.

MSC130%20-%20241%20-0001-Thumbnail Image.jpg
Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Sixth Street in New Westminster, B.C. Some buildings and utility poles are shown.

Sky Blue Water Camp, Pavilion, B.C.

MSC130-4207-01-Thumbnail Image.jpg
Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View of a lake at Sky Blue Water Camp in Pavilion, B.C. The reflections of the surrounding trees and mountain side are shown on the lake.

Slate Carving

MSC130-948-01-Thumbnail Image.jpg
Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: A Haida first nations slate carving from the City Museum in Vancouver, B.C.

Sleighing on Grouse Mountain in June (alt. 4300 ft.), near Vancouver, B.C.

MSC130-5421-01-Thumbnail Image.jpg
Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Two men sleighing down a hill at Grouse Mountain near Vancouver, B.C.

Smelter, Trail, B.C.

MSC130-4319-01-Thumbnail Image.jpg
Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View of Trail, B.C. showing the smelter.

Snow Cleaning, C.N.R. Yards, Blue River, B.C.

MSC130-2815-001-Thumbnail Image.jpg
Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: A railroad locomotive snow plow clearing snow at the Canadian National Railway yard in Blue River, B.C.

Snow Mushroom, Revelstoke, B.C.

MSC130-741-0001-Thumbnail Image.jpg
Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Two men and a dog around a "snow mushroom" in Revelstoke, B.C. A dwelling is shown in the background.

Snow mushrooms, Lardo, B.C.

MSC130-1656-01-Thumbnail Image.jpg
Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Two tree stumps covered with snow in Lardeau, B.C. A few small stumps covered with snow are shown in the background.

Snow mushrooms, Lardo, B.C.

MSC130-1657-01-Thumbnail Image.jpg
Date: 1906
Description: Two tree stumps covered with snow in Lardeau, B.C. A few small stumps covered with snow are shown in the background.

Snow Peak Avenue Field B.C.

MSC130-1417-0001-Thumbnail Image.jpg
Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Snow Peak Avenue in Field, B.C. The street is surrounded by tall trees on either side.

Snow Plow, Field, B.C.

MSC130-3727-01-Thumbnail Image.jpg
Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Railroad locomotive snow plow in Field, B.C. Several men are shown on and around the plow.