By Fred Thirkell and Bob Scullion
One hundred years ago, British Columbia was a resource-rich
province greeting new arrivals from all over the world who’d come to seek their
fortunes. Greetings from British Columbia portrays their “land of dreams” as it
once was through the very postcards these pioneers may have mailed home to
friends and family. These early picture postcards cost only a penny back then,
but their historical importance makes them priceless today. Browsing the pages
of Greetings from British Columbia is a trip back in time to when Port
Essington was a thriving cannery town, Bowen Island was a tourist’s delight and
stagecoaches lined Kelowna’s main street. Collectively defining the state of
affairs in BC a century ago, each one of the images featured in this book has a
story to tell.
