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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[Strawberry field in Maple Ridge, B.C.]

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Date: 1902
Description: Strawberry field in Maple Ridge, B.C. An Episcopal church is shown in the background.

[Street and a stream in the snow in an unknown location]

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: One image of a street and a second image of a stream in the snow in an unknown location.

[Street and several dwellings in Youbou, B.C.]

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Street and several dwellings in Youbou, B.C.

[Street in Ashcroft, B.C.]

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Date: 1919
Description: A street in Ashcroft, B.C. A building and some dwellings are shown.

[Street in Barkerville, B.C.]

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: A street in Barkerville, B.C. Numerous men are shown on the walkway beside a building to the right of the image.

[Street in Creston, B.C.]

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: A street in Creston, B.C. Some storefronts are shown.

[Street in Hazelton, B.C.]

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: A street in Hazelton, B.C. Some buildings are shown further down the street.

[Street in Kelowna, B.C.]

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: A street in Kelowna, B.C. Some storefronts are shown.

[Street in Kelowna, B.C.]

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: A street in Kelowna, B.C. Some storefronts and automobiles are shown. Numerous flags are shown hanging above the street.

[Street in Lumby, B.C.]

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: A street in Lumby, B.C. Some buildings are shown.

[Street in Stewart, B.C.]

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Street in Stewart, B.C. The Big Store is shown.

[Street lined with illuminated arches in an unknown location]

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Street lined with illuminated arches in an unknown location. Some storefronts are shown.

[Sunset Inn in Qualicum Beach, B.C.]

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Sunset Inn in Qualicum Beach, B.C.

[Switchboard at the British Columbia Electric Railway substation in Langley, B.C.]

Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Switchboard at the British Columbia Electric Railway substation in Langley, B.C.

[Syndica House in Naramata, B.C.]

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Syndica House in Naramata, B.C.