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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[Orangemen's parade in Vancouver, B.C.]

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Date: 1911
Description: Orangemen's parade in Vancouver, B.C. Numerous men are shown marching.

[Orchard and lake in Kelowna, B.C.]

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View of an orchard and lake in Kelowna, B.C. The relfections of the surrounding trees are shown on the lake.

[Outdoor religious service in an unknown location]

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: An outdoor religious service in an unknown location. A large wooden cross is shown.

[Oxen being herded down a street in Bridesville, B.C.]

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Several oxen being herded down a street in Bridesville, B.C. A storefront is shown.

[Pack train in an unknown location]

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: A pack train in an unknown location.

[Pack train in an unknown location]

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: A pack train in an unknown location.

[Pack train in an unknown location]

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: A pack train going through a forested area in an unknown location.

[Pack train in an unknown location]

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: A pack train going through the mountains in an unknown location.

[Painting of a railroad train on a wall at the Jubilee Fiftieth Anniversary Doukhobors in Canada]

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Date: 1949
Description: Painting of a railroad train on a wall at the Jubilee Fiftieth Anniversary Doukhobors in Canada.

[Painting of Doukhobors plowing hung on a wall at the Jubilee Fiftieth Anniversary Doukhobors in Canada]

Date: 1949
Description: Painting of Doukhobors plowing hung on a wall at the Jubilee Fiftieth Anniversary Doukhobors in Canada.

[Parade float at May Day celebration]

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: A parade float at a May Day celebration in an unknown location. Spectators are shown sitting on bleachers.

[Parade float congratulating the Hudson's Bay Company in an unknown location]

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Parade float congratulating the Hudson's Bay Company in an unknown location.

[Parade float for B.C. Window Bakeries in an unknown location]

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Parade float for B.C. Window Bakeries in an unknown location.

[Parade float for Victoria's 75th birthday in an unknown location]

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Parade float for Victoria's 75th birthday in an unknown location.

[Parade float full of flowers and greenery in an unknown location]

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Parade float full of flowers and greenery during a parade in an unknown location. Grimm Bros Auto Body Factory is shown in the background.