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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Third Avenue, Port Alberni, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Third Avenue in Port Alberni, B.C. Some storefronts, automobiles and a clock tower are shown.

Third Avenue, Port Alberni, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Third Avenue in Port Alberni, B.C. Some storefronts, automobiles and a clock tower are shown.

Third Avenue, Port Alberni, V.I. B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Third Avenue in Port Alberni, B.C. Some storefronts and an automobile are shown.

Third Avenue, Port Alberni, V.I., B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Third Avenue in Port Alberni, B.C. Some storefronts and automobiles are shown.

Third Floor Suite, Harrison Hot Springs Hotel

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Name(s): Artray
Description: A third floor suite in the Harrison Hot Springs Hotel.

This Giant of the B.C. Forests Was Cut by the M and G Logging Co. Near Duncan, B.C. and Took 2 Men Sawing 3 Days to Fell it. Diameter 8 Ft. Length 200 Feet.

Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Man standing next to a large log in an unknown location.

This is a View From the Elysium Hotel Stop Here When in Vancouver, B.C., Canada

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View looking towards the North Shore Mountains from the Elysium Hotel in Vancouver, B.C.

Thompson's Fort in Invermere, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: The Thompson's Fort in Invermere, B.C.

Three Forks, British Columbia. Slocan Glacier in the distance.

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Date: 1907
Description: View of Three Forks, B.C. showing Slocan Glacier in the distance.

Thunderbird Totem at Malahat Chalet V.I., B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Thunderbird totem pole at the Malahat Chalet on Vancouver Island, B.C.

Tillicum Seaside Cottages Yellow Point V.I., B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Tillicum Seaside Cottages at Yellow Point, B.C. A small dog is shown in the grass in the foreground.

Tillicum Seaside Cottages Yellow Point V.I., B.C.

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Date: 1950
Description: View of the water from Tillicum Seaside Cottages at Yellow Point, B.C. A sailboat is shown at a small floating dock.

Tillicum Seaside Cottages Yellow Point V.I., B.C.

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Date: 1950
Description: Several small boats on the water viewed from Tillicum Seaside Cottages at Yellow Point, B.C.

Timber Unloading at Cameron Lumber Co. Victoria, B.C.

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Date: 1913
Description: Several men standing on stacks of lumber at the Cameron Lumber Company in Victoria, B.C.

Timbermens Arch

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Timbermens Arch over a street for the Duke of Connaught's visit in an unknown location. A marching band is shown walking underneath the arch.