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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At the Depot, Vancouver, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: A ship at the depot on the waterfront in Vancouver, B.C. Several horse drawn carriages are shown in the foreground.

At the Glacier House, B.C.

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Date: 1913
Description: View from Glacier House at Glacier, B.C. Two small buildings, a tent and a fountain are shown.

At the Glacier House, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View from Glacier House at Glacier, B.C. The railroad tracks, railroad station and some buildings are shown.

At the Glacier House, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View from the Glacier House at Glacier, B.C. Two small buildings, a tent, a fountain and part of the Glacier House are shown.

At the Glacier House, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: A train at Glacier House, Glacier, B.C. Some people are shown around the train.

At the Gorge, Victoria, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Numerous people on a floating dock and in small boats at the Gorge in Victoria, B.C.

At the Head of Salmon Creek, Stikine River

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View of the mountain peaks at the head of Salmon Creek, Stikine River, B.C.

Athalmer B.C.

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

Athalmer Pool Hall, 1913

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

Atlin

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

Atlin B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Several men with their dog sled teams in Atlin, B.C.

Atlin Inn

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

Atlin, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View of Atlin, B.C. and waterfront area.

Atlin, B.C.

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

Atlin, B.C. A Typical Mining Camp Hotel

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Numerous men outside of a mining camp hotel in Atlin, B.C.