The C.P.R. Empress Hotel in Victoria, British Columbia, stands behind a lawn and flower beds, its ivy-covered walls and chateau-style roofs framed by trees. Automobiles are parked along a low stone wall in the foreground, a sign of motor traffic at a hotel built for the railway and steamship age. Canadian Pacific opened the hotel on Victoria's Inner Harbour in 1908 as one of its railway hotels.
White border; blue-toned real photo; printed caption and number on front.
No postmark, stamp, or address — back is unused except a dealer's pencil mark (RMLJ, $2.00). Divided-back card with heavy album-mount residue/glue stains across the surface. Publisher imprint along left edge: Published by The Coast Publishing Co., Vancouver, B.C. Front shows a white-bordered tinted photo captioned "C.P.R. Empress Hotel, Victoria, B.C. Canada." (series 201), with 1920s automobiles.
Cite this card
C.P.R. Empress Hotel, Victoria, B.C., circa 1920, postcard, c. 1920. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/c-p-r-empress-hotel-victoria-b-c-circa-1920. Accessed November 2, 2026.
