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 old Indian Wishing Well with some of the Indian Carvings at the world famous Swinging Bridge Capilano Canada

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: The wishing well at the Capilano Suspension Bridge. Several wood carvings and a sign are shown around the wishing well.

The Olympic Range and Trial Islands Victoria B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View of the Olympic Mountain Range and Trial Islands from Victoria, B.C.

The Palm Garden and Tea Room, C.P.R. Hotel, "The Empress"

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Name(s): Trio
Description: The Palm Garden and Tea Room at the Empress Hotel in Victoria, B.C. A fountain is shown in the centre of the room.

The Palm Garden and Tea Room, C.P.R. Hotel, "The Empress"

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Name(s): Trio
Description: Palm Garden and Tea Room at the Empress Hotel in Victoria, B.C. A fountain is shown in the centre of the room.

The Pandray Gardens, Victoria, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: The Pandray Gardens in Victoria, B.C.

The Parade - Race Meet, 1941

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Date: 1946
Description: A parade and race meet in Williams Lake, B.C. Numerous people are shown on horseback in the parade.

The Parliament Buildings, Victoria, British Columbia

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View of the British Columbia Parliament Buildings in Victoria, B.C. showing the Inner Harbour in the foreground. The image is a black and white drawing or painting on a piece of birch bark.

The Pathfinder at Duncan

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Date: 1919
Description: An airplane named the Pathfinder in a field in Duncan, B.C. Two people are shown sitting in the plane.

The Pavilion at Qualicum

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: A pavilion at Qualicum Beach, B.C.

The Pavilion at Qualicum

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

The Pavilion, Stanley Park, Vancouver, Canada

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: The Pavilion at Stanley Park in Vancouver, B.C.

The Picnic Grounds, Sechelt, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Numerous people at the picnic grounds in Sechelt, B.C.

The Pier White Rock, B.C.

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Date: 1926
Description: The pier at White Rock, B.C. viewed from behind some trees. Some people are shown walking on the pier.

The Pier, English Bay, Vancouver, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View looking towards the pier at English Bay, B.C.

The Pier, English Bay, Vancouver, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View looking down the pier towards shore.