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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[Man standing with an axe next to a large log in an unknown location]

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Man standing with an axe next to a large log in an unknown location. Snow is shown on the ground.

[Man walking through deep snow on a street in an unknown location]

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Man walking through deep snow on a street in an unknown location. Some storefronts are shown.

[Man wearing a top hat touching a badge or medal on the jacket of a man in an unknown location]

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: A man wearing a top hat touching a badge or medal on the jacket of a man in an unknown location.

[Marching band during a parade or procession in an unknown location]

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Date: 1925
Description: Marching band walking down a street during a parade or procession in an unknown location. The men in the marching band are all wearing kilts.

[Marching band in Kelowna, B.C.]

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Name(s): Hudson, G. H. E.
Description: A marching band walking down a street in Kelowna, B.C.

[Marine terminal in Powell River, B.C.]

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Date: 1936
Description: View of a marine terminal in Powell River, B.C. Several vessels are shown at the terminal.

[Maurice's restaurant]

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: A restaurant named Maurice's in an unknown location. Some people are shown at tables in front of the restaurant and some automobiles are shown parked in front of the restaurant.

[May Day celebration]

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: May Day celebration in an unknown location. Girls and boys are shown doing various activities.

[May Pole at May Day celebration]

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Children dancing around a may pole at a May Day celebration in an unknown location.

[May queen and princesses on a parade float in an unknown location]

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: May queen and princesses on a parade float during a parade in an unknown location.

[May queen and princesses standing next to soldiers at the bottom of a stairway in an unknown location]

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: May queen and princesses standing next to soldiers at the bottom of a stairway in an unknown location. A large crowd of people is shown in the background.

[May queen and princesses standing on a stairway in an unknown location]

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: May queen and princesses standing on a stairway in an unknown location. A group of people are shown in the background.

[May queen and princesses walking during some kind of parade or procession in an unknown location]

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: A May queen and princesses walking during some kind of parade or procession in an unknown location. A row of sailors holding rifles is shown to the right of the image.

[May Queen on a small stage on Saltspring Island, B.C.]

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Date: 1933
Description: May Queen on a small stage on Saltspring Island, B.C. Several other girls and boys are shown around the May Queen.

[May queen on steps of British Columbia Parliament Buildings in Victoria, B.C.]

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Date: 1924
Description: May queen on the stairs of the British Columbia Parliament Buildings in Victoria, B.C. Two younger girls are shown holding the train of the May queen's dress.