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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[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 and storefronts are shown.

[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.

[Welcome arch in Vancouver, B.C.]

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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 made out of logs over a street in Vancouver, B.C. A horse drawn carriage and two automobiles are shown.

[Welcome arch in Vancouver, B.C.]

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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 made out of logs over a street in Vancouver, B.C. Some people are shown.

[Welcome arch in Vancouver, B.C.]

MSC130-2732-001-Thumbnail Image.jpg
Date: 1912
Description: An arch for the Duke of Connaught's visit with the word welcome on it made out of logs over a street in Vancouver, B.C.

[Western Arctic parade float in an unknown location]

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Western Arctic parade float in an unknown location. A man is shown standing in front of the float.

[Wharf in Stewart, B.C.]

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Wharf in Stewart, B.C. Several large barrels are shown along the side of the dock.

[Wharf on Okanagan Lake in Kelowna, B.C.]

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Date: 1917
Description: Wharf on Okanagan Lake in Kelowna, B.C.

[Windsor Hotel]

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: The Windsor Hotel in an unknown location. The outside of the hotel and two images of the interior of the hotel are shown.

[Wishing well at Capilano Suspension Bridge]

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: The wishing well at the Capilano Suspension Bridge. Several wood carvings and a sign are shown around the wishing well.

[Woman next to a large log on a logging truck]

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: A woman next to a large log on a logging truck in an unknown location. A man is shown leaning on the front of the truck.

[Woman walking down a street in an unknown location]

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Woman walking down a street in an unknown location.

[Women on horseback in Victoria, B.C.]

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Eight women on horseback on a street in Victoria, B.C.

[Wooden bridge crossing some type of body of water in an unknown location]

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Wooden bridge crossing some type of body of water in an unknown location.

[Wooden building with a tall chimney in an unknown location]

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Wooden building with a tall chimney in an unknown location.