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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[R.N.W.N. Police parade float]

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Name(s): W.G. Barclay
Description: A R.N.W.M. Police parade float in an unknown location.

[Railroad bridge crossing a river in Wycliffe, B.C.]

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View of a railroad bridge crossing a river in Wycliffe, B.C.

[Railroad bridge crossing the Pitt River]

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Railroad bridge crossing the Pitt River in B.C.

[Recreation hall in Britannia Mines, B.C.]

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Date: 1918
Description: A recreation hall in Britannia Mines, B.C. A railroad track is shown in the foreground to the right of the image.

[Regatta at an unknown location]

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Date: 1913
Description: A regatta in an unknown location. Numerous spectators are shown.

[Regatta at an unknown location]

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Name(s): Trio
Description: A regatta in an unknown location.

[Religious procession in an unknown location]

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: A religious procession in an unknown location. Numerous clergymen are shown walking down a street.

[Residential street in Vancouver, B.C.]

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Residential street in Vancouver, B.C. Several dwellings are shown.

[Road and hillside in an unknown location]

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Road and hillside in an unknown location.

[Rogeries and Rovisions store in an unknown location]

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Date: 1909
Description: Rogeries and Rovisions store in an unknown location.

[Row of men dressed up standing in an unknown location]

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Row of men dressed up standing in an unknown location. One man is holding a sign with the Hudson's Bay Company mentioned on it.

[Row of men in the Corps of Guides standing in an unknown location]

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Row of men in the Corps of Guides standing in an unknown location. Several tents are shown set up behind the men.

[Row of men in the Seaforth Highlanders marching in an unknown location]

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Row of men in the Seaforth Highlanders marching in an unknown location.

[Row of men in the Seaforth Highlanders marching in an unknown location]

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Row of men in the Seaforth Highlanders marching in an unknown location.

[Row of men in the Seaforth Highlanders on horseback in an unknown location]

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Row of men in the Seaforth Highlanders on horseback in an unknown location.