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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Willows Hotel Campbell River BC

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: The Willows Hotel in Campbell River, B.C. Some automobiles are shown parked in front of the building.

Wilmer, B.C.

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Date: 1912
Description: View of Wilmer, B.C. Surrounding mountains are shown.

Wilmer, B.C. In the Columbia Valley

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Date: 1916
Description: View of Wilmer, B.C. Surrounding mountains are shown.

Wilson Hotel, Union Bay, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: The Wilson Hotel in Union Bay, B.C. Several people are shown on the front porch of the hotel.

Windermere Beach B.C.

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Date: 1951
Description: View of Windermere beach and lake. Clouds are shown around the surrounding mountains.

Windermere Beach, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Name(s): Robinson, K.
Description: View of Windermere Beach, B.C. Surrounding mountains are shown.

Windermere Hotel, BC.

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Date: 1923
Description: Windermere Hotel in Windermere, B.C.

Windermere Lake Invermere B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Name(s): Fisher, A.E.
Description: View of Windermere Lake in Invermere, B.C. Some mountains are shown in the distance.

Windermere Lake, Windermere, B.C.

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Date: 1947
Description: View of Windermere Lake at Windermere, B.C. Two men are shown viewing the lake in the foreground.

Winter at Diamond Head Chalet, Garibaldi Park, Squamish, B.C., Canada

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Diamond Head Chalet in the winter at Garibaldi Park, B.C.

Winter Fun on Grouse Mt.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Two people skiing underneath the chair lift at Grouse Mountain, B.C.

Winter Logging Scene East Kootenay, near Cranbrook, B.C. Crow's Nest Pass

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Date: 1915
Description: Two horses pulling a large load of logs in East Kootenay, B.C. Another two horses pulling a load of logs are shown in the background.

Winter Logging Scene, East Kootenay

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Two horses pulling a large load of logs in East Kootenay, B.C. Another two horses pulling a load of logs are shown in the background.

Winter Scene Grouse Mountain Chalet

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: The Grouse Mountain Chalet in the winter time. Some trees beside the chalet are shown covered in snow.

Winter Scene Grouse Mountain Chalet North Vancouver, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Name(s): J.W.
Description: Several trees covered in snow outside of the Grouse Mountain Chalet in North Vancouver, B.C.