Banff National Park - Alberta - Wild Bear Family - Postcard SP24

Colour photographic postcard titled “Wild Bear Family, Banff National Park—Alberta, Canada,” showing an adult brown-coloured bear and two dark cubs beside low vegetation.

Scene Details:

• Adult bear with two cubs on stony ground.
• One cub standing upright in the foreground.
• Colour photo credited to Jimmie Shaw.
• Published by Colourpicture Publishers, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts, with Plastichrome branding and card number P46907.

Postal Markings:

• Canadian five-cent Jean Talon stamp.
• Lake Louise, Alberta postmarks dated July 9, 1962.
• Handwritten message dated July 9, 1962, mentioning a train journey, bears and fine weather, signed Jean.
• Addressed to D. P. MacLeod in Portland, Oregon, U.S.A.

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