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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St. John's Presbyterian Church, Vancouver, B.C.

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Date: 1911
Description: St. John's Presbyterian Church in Vancouver, B.C. Numerous people are shown outside of the church.

St. John's Presbyterian Church, Vancouver, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: St. John's Presbyterian Church in Vancouver, B.C.

St. Joseph Hospital, Victoria, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: St. Joseph Hospital in Victoria, B.C.

St. Joseph's Hospital- Comox, BC

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Name(s): Bradbury, C.
Description: St. Joseph's Hospital in Comox, B.C. A fence and gate are shown in front of the building.

St. Paul's Church, War Memorial, Hotel Malaspina, Nanaimo, B.C.

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Date: 1939
Description: View of St. Paul's Church, a war memorial and Hotel Malaspina in Nanaimo, B.C. Some automobiles are shown on the street to the right of the image.

St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, B.C.

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

St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, B.C.

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

St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, B.C.

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

St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, B.C.

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

St. Peter's Mancroft Hatzic, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: St. Peter's Mancroft church in Hatzic, B.C.

St. Thomas Church Chilliwack, BC.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Name(s): Wilson
Description: St. Thomas Church in Chilliwack, B.C. Mountains are shown in the background.

St. View Nelson B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View looking down a snow covered street in Nelson, B.C. Some storefronts and pedestrians are shown.

Stage- Kitsilano Beach, Van. B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Name(s): Hanney Photo
Description: An outdoor stage at Kitsilano Beach in Vancouver, B.C.

Stanley Park and Gulf of Georgia From Grouse Mountain, Vancouver, B.C.

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Date: 1937
Description: View of Stanley Park and the Gulf of Georgia from Grouse Mountain, B.C. A skier is shown in the foreground to the left of the image.

Stanley Park Entrance Vancouver B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Entrance to Stanley Park in Vancouver, B.C.