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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Strathcona Park Lodge Vancouver Island, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Interior of the Strathcona Park Lodge on Vancouver Island, B.C. Four people are shown sitting near a fireplace.

Strathcona Park Lodge, Upper Campbell Lake, V.I.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Strathcona Park Lodge at Upper Campbell Lake on Vancouver Island, B.C.

Strathcona Visiting Stanley Park, Vancouver B.C.

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Date: 1910
Description: Group portrait of four men in front of a large hollow tree at Stanley Park in Vancouver, B.C.

Street scene in Courtenay

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: A street in Courtenay, B.C. Some storefronts and the Restmore Hotel are shown.

Street Scene Kimberley, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: A street in Kimberley, B.C. Some storefronts, automobiles and pedestrians are shown.

Street Scene Kimberley, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: A street in Kimberley, B.C. Some storefronts, automobiles and pedestrians are shown.

Street Scene, Vernon, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View looking down a street in Vernon, B.C. Some storefronts, pedestrians, automobiles and horse drawn carriages are shown.

Stuart Lake, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Two women sawing wood at Stuart Lake, B.C.

Stuart Whyte's Pierrots The "Versatiles" Season 1912

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Date: 1912
Name(s): Lamb & Co.
Description: Group portrait of the "Versatiles" in Vancouver, B.C.

Sugar Refinery, Vancouver, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: A sugar refinery in Vancouver, B.C.

Sugar Refinery, Vancouver, B.C.

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

Sullivan Dam, Mark Creek, Kimberley, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: The Sullivan Dam on Mark Creek at Kimberley, B.C.

Sumallo Lodge, Hope-Princeton Highway

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: The Sumallo Lodge on the Hope-Princton Highway. An automobile is shown in front of the lodge.

Summer House in Park at the Boundary Between Two Friendly Nations

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: A summer house in the park at the boundary between Canada and the United States.

Summerland B.C.

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Date: 1914
Description: View of Summerland, B.C. A field is shown in the foreground.