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Mild wear, some rubbing to the back side. Unposted.

4 X 6 inches (10.16 X 15.24 cm). Rounded corners. Color photo with white border and left-margin illustrations in blue. William J.L. Gibbons (printed signature) of Banff was the photographer and maybe the illustrator of the vignettes, though we only find samples online of his photography. 

Reproduced from Ansco Color Transparencies and published by Canada in Colour Limited, Banff - Alberta, Canada. Printed by Smith Lithograph Co. Limited, Vancouver, Canada - 1956. Regarding the photographer Gibbons (1914-1994), the following was found on the Archives of Alberta Society web site:

"W. J. L. "Bill" Gibbons, 1914-1994 , was a professional photographer at Banff, Alberta, Canada from 1945 until 1959. Gibbons came to Canada in 1941 and settled in Banff after the war with his wife, Ella Mae (Becker), a Banff native. He established British Photographic Laboratories, with partners Lou Crosby and Jack Anderson, in the basement of the Mount Royal Hotel, moving later to street-level. Bill and Ella Mae Gibbons travelled throughout the mountain parks photographing views for sale in the Banff shop. These were offered as hand-coloured prints, with much of the colouring done or supervised by Ella Mae. Later the business expanded to include colour postcards and slide sets. Gibbons employed other photographers, such as Bruno Engler, for specialty work, such as ski photography, and the Banff studio also did portraiture. Gibbons himself did most of the 4 x 5 format landscape work and made extensive use of models, many of who were young women employed by his Banff store. In 1959, Gibbons sold his business to a group of Banff businessmen and moved to Vancouver. In subsequent years, he continued to be active as a photographer and in publishing, working in different areas of the world. He made several photographic trips through the mountain parks, ca.1966-1972."