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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The Big Hollow Tree, Stanley Park, Vancouver, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Group portrait of numerous people in an automobile inside a large hollow tree at Stanley Park in Vancouver, B.C.

The Big Hollow Tree, Stanley Park, Vancouver, Canada

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Several people in an automobile inside a large hollow tree at Stanley Park in Vancouver, B.C.

The Big Hollow Tree, Stanley Park, Vancouver, Canada

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Date: 1923
Description: Several people in an automobile inside a large hollow tree at Stanley Park in Vancouver, B.C.

The Big Hollow Tree, Stanley Park, Vancouver, Canada.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Several people in an automobile inside the Big Hollow Tree at Stanley Park, B.C.

The Big Tree, Stanley Park, Circumference 55 Ft. Vancouver, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Group portrait of six people in an automobile inside a large hollow tree at Stanley Park in Vancouver, B.C.

The Big Tree, Stanley Park, Circumference 65 Ft., Vancouver, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Several people in an automobile in front of a large hollow tree at Stanley Park in Vancouver, B.C.

The Big Tree, Stanley Park, Vancouver, B.C.

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Date: 1906
Description: Two people in a horse drawn carriage inside a large hollow tree at Stanley Park in Vancouver, B.C.

The Big Tree, Stanley Park, Vancouver, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: A man looking up at a large hollow tree at Stanley Park in Vancouver, B.C.

The Big Tree, Stanley Park, Vancouver, B.C. Circumference 65 feet.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Two women standing next to a large hollow tree at Stanley Park in Vancouver, B.C. An automobile is shown parked inside the tree.

The Biltmore Motor Hotel

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Dining room at the Biltmore Motor Hotel in Vancouver, B.C. A chef is shown carving meat at a buffet.

The Birds' Paradise, Vancouver, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: A man sitting down smoking a pipe with numerous small birds on him in Vancouver, B.C.

The Bluff Sooke V.I.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: A dwelling or lodge at the Bluff in Sooke, B.C.

The Break of Dawn (Seaforth Channel.)

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View of Seaforth Channel at the break of dawn. The reflections of the clouds and surrounding islands are shown on the channel.

The Bridge Point no Point VI BC

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Name(s): Goodall, Edward
Description: A small bridge at Point no Point on Vancouver Island, B.C.

The British Columbia Parliament Buildings, Victoria, B.C.

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Date: 1928
Description: British Columbia Parliament Buildings in Victoria, B.C. shown illuminated at night.