Vancouver Postcard Club

Club meets at Roundhouse Community Centre, first Sunday (1 PM) of each month. May 9th Postcard Show & Sale @ Nikkei Centre in Burnaby, B.C.

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Today is the day. Vancouver Postcard Club Show at the Nikkei. Doors open at 9:30AM.

Details at https://t.co/WDEMg62jTC

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Here is the Hotel Vancouver, at the corner of Granville & Georgia (c.1909). More postcards like this will be available at the Vancouver Postcard Club's Annual Show & Sale being held on May 9th at the Nikkei Cultural Centre in Burnaby, B.C.

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Reminder: Tomorrow - Saturday - May 9th the Vancouver Postcards Annual Show & Sale takes place at Burnaby's Nikkei Center.

Details at https://t.co/WDEMg62jTC

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Here is an image of B.C. lumberjacks "slooping" (not skidding) logs near Shuswap Lake in the early 1900s.
Vancouver Antiquarian will have this item available at the Vancouver Postcard Show & Sale on May 9th at the Nikkei Centre in Burnaby.

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Here is an early (c.1910) look at Pitt Street in Coquitlam.

Note: The Wayfarer’s Bookshop gallery is up.
Visit https://t.co/dZZDN9ZASy to see what else Eric Waschke is bringing to the show.

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Whalley’s Dell Hotel opened in 1955. Located at 10586 King George Highway, it served as a swinging hot-spot for close to 50 years; the hotel was demolished in 2007.
This postcard will be available on Saturday (May 9) at the Vancouver Postcard Show at the Nikkei Centre in Burnaby

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Gowen Sutton was around from 1920 to 1987. The hand coloured SceneOchroM was produced from the 1930s into the 1950s. This is exactly what B.C. looks like.

May 9th, Postcard Club Show at the Nikkei in Burnaby.
Show vendors at: https://t.co/yzuMkK11Mw

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@CoastGuardCAN . . / - . / . - - . / - - - / - . - - - !

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Ken Buchanan (1930-2016) photographed the Cariboo-Chilcotin regions from early 1950s in to the late 1970s. He published as Lakeside Photo Studio, Williams Lake. Locations shown are: Prince George; Fort Kamloops; Cache Creek; Hudson’s Hope.
More cards at https://t.co/dZZDN9ZASy

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On a beautiful day like today, exotic destinations are furthest from mind.

The Tokyo, South Pacific, & Rome cards mention “Empress service”; this dates the cards to the early 1960s.

More cards at https://t.co/dZZDN9ZASy

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c.1910 postcards dealing with commercial Sockeye salmon with much going to the UK. The availability of sockeye has been in decline since 1913; today BC’s leading salmon export is farmed Atlantic salmon.

There are more postcards to see at https://t.co/yzuMkK11Mw

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In the early 1930s the Government of Canada Post Office produce a series of 60 pre-stamped (printed impression) postcards. Here are 3 and an image of the verso. #winnipeg #victoria #vancouver

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c1905 postcard of Nanaimo Harbour by Hibben.
Looks like the original did not have enough seagulls.

The Vancouver Postcard Club's Annual Show & Sale being held on May 9th at the Nikkei Cultural Centre in Burnaby, B.C.

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Here is an image of B.C. lumberjacks "slooping" (not skidding) logs near Shuswap Lake in the early 1900s.
Vancouver Antiquarian will have this item available at the Vancouver Postcard Show & Sale on May 9th at the Nikkei Centre in Burnaby.

[Vancouver Postcard Club @vanpostcard]

Here is the Hotel Vancouver, at the corner of Granville & Georgia (c.1909). More postcards like this will be available at the Vancouver Postcard Club's Annual Show & Sale being held on May 9th at the Nikkei Cultural Centre in Burnaby, B.C.

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David - What an interesting postcard. With your permission the VPC would like to feature it in an upcoming issue of the Postview.

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#ThrowbackThursday #tbt

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This is a quick Thank You to Roedde House for hosting the Vancouver Postcard Club's meeting this past Sunday. You folks in the West End are very lucky to have such a cool little museum in walking distance https://t.co/y8qLCDI9so

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FYI: On March 1 (Sunday), Roedde House Museum will host a Vancouver Postcard Club meeting (1PM to 3PM). Thus event is open to all; details at https://t.co/PkxJiO28go

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Have a terrific show!

[The Daily Postcard @postcarddaily]

Toronto ... home of the Toronto Postcard Club's 2026 Annual Postcard Sale! Hundreds of thousands of postcards to choose from, over 20 dealers. Tomorrow (Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026) from 10 AM - 4 PM at the Japanese-Canadian Cultural Centre, 6 Sakura Way (DVP/Eglinton area).

Who needs hockey when there are postcards to be had!?!

For details: https://t.co/uzcr3e3JeR

[Postcard Traders Association @PTApostcards]

POSTCARD CLUB NEWS (Overseas Edition). Here’s a shout-out for Toronto Postcard Club, and our best wishes. We hope everyone associated with the Club, the dealers, and collectors lucky enough enough to attend, have a wonderful day at your 44th Club Show on Sunday 22nd February

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Here's a YouTube link for an absolutely fabulous presentation by Andrew Cunningham (Toronto) about G.A. Barrowclough, a RPPC photographer, active for a while in the Lower Mainland. Well worth a visit. Well done Andrew!

[The Daily Postcard @postcarddaily]

My Wichita Postcard Club presentation on the Real Photo Postcards of George A. Barrowclough is now on YouTube. The talk from February 7 spans GAB's whole career in Winnipeg, the Black Hills, San Francisco and Vancouver. The Wichita YouTube page is the place to go for recorded postcard talks.

https://t.co/M2ssuQ8EQv

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Word reaches us that those of you who missed Bristol Postcard Fair on Saturday are, metaphorically at least, still kicking yourselves. Fear not, here are all the 2026 dates; stick them in your diaries, and you’ll be fine for next time 😜