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 Hospital, Nanaimo, B.C.

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Date: 1911
Description: A hospital in Nanaimo, B.C. A picket fence is shown in the foreground.

The Hospital, Nanaimo, B.C.

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Date: 1912
Description: A hospital in Nanaimo, B.C. A picket fence is shown in the foreground.

The Hospital, Nanaimo, British Columbia

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Date: 1906
Description: A hospital in Nanaimo, B.C.

The Hotel Europe Powell and Carrall Streets Vancouver, B.C.

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

The Illecillewaet Glacier

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: The Illecillewaet Glacier. A small cloud is shown beside the glacier.

The Illecillewaet Glacier, B.C.

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

The Illecillewaet Valley Glacier B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View of the Illecillewaet Valley at Glacier, B.C. A river is shown running through the valley.

The Inner Harbor from the Empress Hotel

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Name(s): Maves, Gus A.
Description: View of the Inner Harbour from the Empress Hotel in Victoria, B.C. Numerous vessels are shown in the harbour.

The Inner Harbour, Victoria, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View of the Victoria, B.C. Inner Harbour. The Empress Hotel and British Columbia Parliament Buildings are shown.

The Inside Court, Vancouver Colonial Motel, 2000 Kingsway, Vancouver, Canada

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View looking down on the inside courtyard from a balcony at the Vancouver Colonial Motel in Vancouver, B.C.

The Interior of Indian Curio Store

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Interior of an Indian curio store in Victoria, B.C. A man is shown standing behind the counter.

The Island Highway Along Cameron Lake, Near Nanaimo, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Name(s): Spalding, Joseph Frederick, 1877-1958
Description: View of Cameron Lake from the Island Highway near Nanaimo, B.C.

The Island Highway at Qualicum Bay

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: The Island Highway at Qualicum Bay, B.C.

The Island Highway near Courtenay, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Part of the Island Highway near Courtenay, B.C. A church is shown near the highway.

The Island, Port Simpson, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Name(s): Button, F.
Description: View of an island at Port Simpson, B.C. Numerous dwellings are shown in the foreground and in the distance.