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Postcards from the Pandemic

The file consists of 540 individual postcards that were created by the artist collective BOXCARSIX in the Victoria region during the COVID-19 pandemic between 2020 and 2021.

Postcards from the Pandemic is a collaborative mail art project of over 900 postcards that were created by artists in and around Victoria, BC in the depths of social lockdown created by the COVID-19 pandemic. The project was begun in March 2020 by members of BOXCARSIX Artist Collective to stay connected during lockdown. Each artist initiated a series of postcards leaving space in each one for another person to add and respond to. Each card was then mailed on to another artist to add to and potentially complete the postcard.

Each postcard has been assigned its own unique PDP number and is stored in its own folder. See finding aid for container descriptions.

The Colonial School

The Colonial School

This watercolour depicts children leaving a school house and resting under Garry Oak trees and amid camas and other flowers. The artist also included a calligraphic description that reads: In a grove of oaks, and surrounded by wild flowers of all kinds, was the Old Colonial School, on the site of the present Central. It was built of square logs, white washed, and was also the residence of the master.

Spanish Explorers were the First White Visitors to the West Coast

Spanish Explorers were the First White Visitors to the West Coast

This watercolour on blue construction paper depicts the bow and sail of a boat with a figure in black with a distinctive "Spanish" hat planting a cross on the shore. The artist included a description that reads: The Spanish explorers were the first white visitors to the W. Coast. In 1790, Lieut. Don Manuel Quimper sailed into Esquimalt Harbour.

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