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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[View of the Brockton Point lighthouse in Vancouver, B.C.]

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View of the Brockton Point lighthouse in Vancouver, B.C.

[View of the dam at Ocean Falls, B.C.]

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View of the dam at Ocean Falls, B.C. Some mountains are shown in the distance.

[View of the North Shore Mountains from Vancouver, B.C.]

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View of the North Shore Mountains from Vancouver, B.C.

[View of the Willows Hotel in an unknown location]

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View of the Willows Hotel on the waterfront in an unknown location.

[View of Van Anda, B.C. in the snow]

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View of Van Anda, B.C. in the snow.

[View of Vancouver, B.C. from Mount Pleasant]

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View of Vancouver, B.C. from Mount Pleasant.

[View of Vancouver, B.C. looking towards the North Shore Mountains]

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View of Vancouver, B.C. looking out towards the North Shore Mountains.

[View of Ymir, B.C.]

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Name(s): W.G. Barclay
Description: View of Ymir, B.C. Hotel Ymir is shown.

[View up the Fraser River]

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Date: 1905
Description: View up the Fraser River from behind some trees.

[War memorial with flowers around it]

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: A war memorial with flowers around it in an unknown location.

[Water tower and part of a mill]

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: A water tower and part of a mill in an unknown location.

[Water tower in an unknown location]

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Water tower in an unknown location.

[Waves crashing against a sea wall in an unknown location]

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Date: 1924
Description: Waves crashing against a sea wall in an unknown location.

[Waves crashing against a sea wall in an unknown location]

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Waves crashing against a sea wall in an unknown location.

[Welcome arch in an unknown location]

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: An arch for the Duke of Connaught's visit with the word welcome on it over a street in an unknown location. Some pedestrians, storefronts and a streetcar are shown.