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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Air View of Port Alberni Vancouver Island

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: An aerial view of Port Alberni, B.C.

Air View of Port Alice, B.C., Canada

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

Air View of Vancouver BC

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Name(s): Aero Surveys Limited
Description: Aerial view of Vancouver, B.C.

Alberni, - B.C.

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

Alberni, B.C.

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

Alberni, V.I., B.C.

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Date: 1947
Description: Partial view of Alberni, B.C. Some utility poles and buildings are shown.

Alberni, V.I., B.C. City Hall

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: The Alberni, B.C. city hall.

Albin's Auto Court, 3307 Kingsway, South Burnaby, Vancouver, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Albin's Auto Court in Burnaby, B.C. A pond, wishing well and some lawn furniture are shown.

Alders Beach Resort, Merville, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Alders Beach Resort in Merville, B.C. A few people are shown on the patio in front of the resort.

Alert Bay

Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View of a waterfront area in Alert Bay, B.C. Numerous buildings are shown along the waterfront.

Alert Bay B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Name(s): J.W.
Description: View of Alert Bay, B.C. A vessel is shown in the bay.

Alert Bay B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View of some boats on the water at Alert Bay, B.C.

Alert Bay B.C.

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Date: 1946
Description: View of Alert Bay, B.C. Some buildings are shown in the foreground.

Alert Bay Village 1862, Alert Bay Village 1937

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Date: 1937
Description: Side-by-side view of Alert Bay Village in 1862 and in 1937.

Alert Bay, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Some of the waterfront at Alert Bay, B.C.