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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Victoria, B.C. from Government Buildings

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View of Victoria, B.C. and the Inner Harbour from the Parliament Buildings.

Victoria, B.C. from Government Buildings

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Victoria, B.C. viewed from the British Columbia Parliament Buildings. The Inner Harbour is shown in the foreground.

Victoria, B.C. from Parliament Buildings

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View of Victoria, B.C. and the Inner Harbour from the Parliament Buildings.

Victoria, B.C. looking N.E. from …

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View of Victoria, B.C. looking northeast.

Victoria, B.C., from Parliament Building

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View of the Victoria, B.C. Inner Harbour looking out from the British Columbia Parliament Buildings.

Victoria, B.C., from Parliament Buildings

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View looking out towards the Empress Hotel in Victoria, B.C. from the British Columbia Parliament Buildings. A water fountain is shown in the foreground.

Victoria, B.C., Looking North

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View of Victoria, B.C. looking north.

Victoria, BC

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Statue of Queen Victoria in front of the British Columbia Parliament Buildings in Victoria, B.C.

Victory Square & Hastings St. Vancouver B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Victory Square and Hastings Street in Vancouver, B.C. Some pedestrians, storefronts and streetcars are shown.

Victory Square, showing Cenotaph & Dominion Bldg. Vancouver, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View of Victory Square in Vancouver, B.C. showing the Dominion Building and Cenotaph.

Victory Square, Showing War Memorial, Vancouver, B.C.

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Date: 1940
Description: Victory Square in Vancouver, B.C. showing the War Memorial and Dominion Trust Building.

View from "Lions" Observation Tower Capilano, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View from the Lions Observation Tower at Capilano, B.C. A street and dwelling are shown.

View From Empress Hotel

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Name(s): Trio
Description: View of the Inner Harbour at Victoria, B.C. from the Empress Hotel. A few vessels are shown in the harbour.

View from Empress Hotel, Victoria, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View of the Inner Harbour from the Empress Hotel in Victoria, B.C. A horse drawn carriage is shown on the street in the foreground.

View from Empress Hotel, Victoria, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View from the front of the Empress Hotel in Victoria, B.C. The British Columbia Parliament Buildings are shown.