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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Sports at Gorge Park, Aug 18 1917

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Date: 1917
Description: Several water sports taking place at Gorge Park in Victoria, B.C.

Springer Creek Falls, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Name(s): Chapman, J. Howard A.
Description: View of Springer Creek Falls in Slocan, B.C.

Springer Creek Falls, B.C.

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Date: 1907
Description: View of Springer Creek Falls in Slocan, B.C.

Springtime, "Benvenuto," Tod Inlet, V.I.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Name(s): Trio
Description: A garden in the spring time at Tod Inlet, B.C.

Sproat Lake Alberni, B.C

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View of Sproat Lake from behind two large trees.

Sproat Lake Falls, Alberni, V.I. B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Sproat Lake Falls in Alberni, B.C. A bridge is shown in the distance crossing the river.

Sproat Lake near Alberni, V.I., B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View of Sproat Lake, B.C. from behind two large trees.

Sproat Lake, from Kleetza Lodge, V.I.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Name(s): Trio
Description: View of Sproat Lake, B.C. from the Kleetza Lodge. The reflection of the surrounding mountain side is shown on the lake.

Spuzzum Bridge

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: The Spuzzum Bridge (also known as the Alexandra Bridge) in the Fraser Canyon.

Squamish Valley, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View of the Squamish Valley.

Squamish, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View of Squamish, B.C.

Squamish, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View of Squamish, B.C. Howe Sound and mountains are shown.

Squamish, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View of the town of Squamish, B.C. Howe Sound is shown in the background.

Squamish, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View of the town of Squamish, B.C.

Squamish, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View of the town of Squamish, B.C.