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 Little Lake in Stanley Park, Vancouver, B.C.

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Date: 1911
Description: View looking out over Little Lake in Stanley Park, B.C.

The Little Lake in Stanley Park, Vancouver, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View of the Little Lake at Stanley Park in Vancouver, B.C. The reflections of the surrounding trees are shown on the water.

The Little Lake in Stanley Park, Vancouver, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: The Little Lake at Stanley Park in Vancouver, B.C. The reflections of the surrounding trees are shown on the water.

The Lobby New Elysium Hotel Vancouver, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: The lobby at the New Elysium Hotel in Vancouver, B.C.

The Lodge, Painter's Fishing Resort, Campbell River, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View of the lodge at the Painter's Fishing Resort in Campbell River, B.C. A pier and some of the cabins are shown to the right of the image.

The Lodge, Painter's Fishing Resort, Campbell River, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: The lodge at the Painter's Fishing Resort in Campbell River, B.C.

The Lodge, Painter's Fishing Resort, Campbell River, BC

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: The lodge at the Painter's Fishing Resort in Campbell River, B.C.

The Lodge, Painter's Fishing Resort, Campbell River, BC

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View of the lodge at the Painter's Fishing Resort in Campbell River, B.C. A pier and some of the cabins are shown to the right of the image.

The Lodge, Sunset Inn, Qualicum Beach, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: The lodge at Sunset Inn in Qualicum Beach, B.C.

The Log Cabin, Qualicum Beach Hotel

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Name(s): [illegible]
Description: The log cabin at the Qualicum Beach Hotel in Qualicum Beach, B.C.

The Loop, Crow's Nest Pass, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: A train going through the loop at Crowsnest Pass, B.C.

The Loop, Glacier, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: The Loop at Glacier, B.C. A railroad bridge is shown in the distance.

The Lounge 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: Lounge at Point no Point on Vancouver Island, B.C.

The Lounge Rest Haven Hospital & Sanitarium Sidney, V.I. B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: The lounge at the Rest Haven Hospital and Sanatorium in Sidney, B.C. Some people are shown in the lounge.

The Lounge, Empress Hotel, Victoria, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: The Lounge at the Empress Hotel in Victoria, B.C.