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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University of British Columbia "Thea Koerner House" Graduate Student Centre Vancouver, B.C., Canada

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: The exterior of the Thea Koerner House Graduate Student Centre at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, B.C. A patio table and chairs are shown outside of the building.

University of British Columbia "Thea Koerner House" Graduate Student Centre Vancouver, B.C., Canada

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: The walkway leading up to the Thea Koerner House Graduate Student Centre at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, B.C.

University of British Columbia "Thea Koerner House" Graduate Student Centre Vancouver, B.C., Canada

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: A fountain in front of the Thea Koerner House Graduate Student Centre at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, B.C.

University of British Columbia Vancouver, B.C.

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Date: 1927
Name(s): Pacific Airways Ltd.
Description: Aerial view of the University of British Columbia campus in Vancouver, B.C.

University of British Columbia Vancouver, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Name(s): Western Canada Airways
Description: Aerial view of the University of British Columbia campus in Vancouver, B.C.

University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: A building at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, B.C.

University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: A building at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, B.C. A small pond is shown in front of the building.

University School. Victoria, BC.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: University School in Victoria, B.C.

Upland Park Victoria B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: A walkway and street running through Upland Park in Victoria, B.C. A horse drawn carriage is shown on the street.

Upland Park, Victoria B.C.

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Date: 1914
Description: A walkway that goes around a large tree in Upland Park in Victoria, B.C. A horse drawn carriage is shown on a street next to the walkway.

Upper Benches, Penticton, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View of the Upper Benches in Penticton, B.C.

Upper Campbell Lake

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: A man fishing on the shore of Upper Campbell Lake on Vancouver Island, B.C.

Upper Campbell Lake

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View of Upper Campbell Lake on Vancouver Island, B.C. Two people are shown viewing the lake to the right of the image.

Upper Falls, Elko, B.C.

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Date: 1910
Description: The upper falls at Elko, B.C.

Upper Medicine Bowl Falls, Courtenay, 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: Upper Medicine Bowl Falls in Courtenay, B.C.