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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"The Turkey Should Have Been Dressed At A.J. Periard, 135 Hastings St. E., Vancouver, B.C."

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Date: 1906
Description: Advertisement for A.J. Periard clothing store in Vancouver, B.C. A boy is shown slicing a turkey for Thanksgiving.

"Tillicum Seaside Cottages" Yellow Point, V.I., B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Tillicum Seaside Cottages at Yellow Point, B.C. A small dog is shown in the grass in the foreground.

"Tsawwassen"

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View of a ferry at Tsawwassen, B.C.

"Warfield"

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Date: 1939
Name(s): Hughes
Description: View of Warfield, B.C.

"Water Taxi" at Horseshoe Bay, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Name(s): Silver Finish
Description: A water taxi at Horseshoe Bay, B.C. An island and surrounding mountains are shown.

[A fire taking place in Cranbrook, B.C.]

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Date: 1909
Description: A fire taking place in Cranbrook, B.C. A crowd of people is shown observing the fire.

[A man and his dog standing in front of numerous dead trees in an unknown location]

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: A man and his dog standing in front of numerous dead trees in an unknown location. A stream is shown in the foreground.

[A procession down a street in Kamloops, B.C.]

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: A procession of some sort down a street in Kamloops, B.C. A marching band is shown in the foreground.

[A sunset at an unknown location]

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Date: 1906
Name(s): Trio
Description: A sunset over the ocean in an unknown location.

[A switchback trail on a hillside in an unknown location]

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: A switchback trail going up a hillside in an unknown location. Several people are shown walking on the trail.

[Acres Rexall Drug store in Sunshine Valley, B.C.]

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Acres Rexall Drug store in Sunshine Valley, B.C.

[Adelphi Hotel in Merritt, B.C.]

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: The Adelphi Hotel in Merritt, B.C. An automobile is shown parked near the building.

[Aerial view of Powell River, B.C.]

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Aerial view of Powell River, B.C.

[Aerial view of Powell River, B.C.]

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Aerial view of Powell River, B.C.

[Alert Bay Store]

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: The Alert Bay Store in Alert Bay, B.C. A totem pole is shown out front of the store.