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 Skeena River Hazelton

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Date: 1911
Description: Nine dog sled teams lined up along the Skeena River at Hazelton, B.C. in the snow.

The Skeena Treasure House Hazelton BC

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: The Skeena Treasure House in Hazelton, B.C. A man is shown beside the house.

The Sleeping Beauty, from Stanley Park, Vancouver, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View of the Sleeping Beauty mountain peak from Stanley Park in Vancouver, B.C.

The Stampede Parade, Williams Lake, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Stampede Parade taking place in Williams Lake, B.C. Numerous people are shown on horseback.

The Star, Benvenuto, Tod Inlet, V.I.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Name(s): Trio
Description: A star shaped pond with a fountain in the centre of it at a garden at Tod Inlet, B.C.

The steps leading to the summit of a rock garden in the famous Butchart Sunken Gardens

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Name(s): Maves, Gus A.
Description: The steps leading up to the summit of a rock garden at the Butchart Sunken Gardens near Victoria, B.C.

The Strathcona, Nelson, B.C.

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Date: 1909
Name(s): W.M. Rutherford
Description: The Strathcona Hotel in Nelson, B.C. Two men are shown on the porch to the left of the building.

The Summer House, "Benvenuto," Tod Inlet, V.I.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Name(s): Trio
Description: A summer house at a garden at Tod Inlet, B.C. A covered porch is shown.

The Sundial, "Benvenuto," Tod Inlet, V.I.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Name(s): Trio
Description: The Sundial statue in a garden at Tod Inlet, B.C. The statue is surrounded by a flowered pergola that covers a walkway.

The Sundial, "Benvenuto," Tod Inlet, V.I.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Name(s): Trio
Description: The Sundial statue in a garden at Tod Inlet, B.C. The statue is surrounded by a flowered pergola that covers a walkway.

The Sunken Garden, "Benvenuto," Tod Inlet, V.I.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Name(s): Trio
Description: Two small statues beside a pond at the Sunken Garden at Tod Inlet, B.C.

The Sunken Garden, "Benvenuto," Tod Inlet, V.I.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Name(s): Trio
Description: View of the Sunken Garden at Tod Inlet, B.C.

The Sunken Garden, "Benvenuto," Tod Inlet, V.I.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Name(s): Trio
Description: The Sunken Garden at Tod Inlet, B.C. Several walkways are shown.

The Sunken Garden, "Benvenuto," Tod Inlet, V.I.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: The Sunken Garden at Tod Inlet, B.C. Two walkways are shown.

The Sunken Garden, "Benvenuto," Tod Inlet, V.I.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Name(s): Trio
Description: The steps leading up to the summit of a rock garden in the Sunken Garden at Tod Inlet, B.C.