Canadian Rockies: Banff and Lake Louise souvenir folder

Foldouts, or souvenir folders, look like postcards, but they open up and unfold a long series of pictures, front and back. This one is from the Canadian Rocky Mountains, specifically Banff National Park and Yoho National Park. There is no date or copyright on this foldout, but it says “distributed by Byron Harmon, Banff, Canada,” who was a photographer of the Canadian Rockies; he died in 1942, so it has to be from before then. On the front, there are some lines to address the postcard and a square in the top right to stamp it. There is an old version of the Canadian flag in the top left corner and the words “Canadian Rockies” in a bold yellow sans-serif font with black outline to mimic shadow. Right under that, the words “Banff and Lake Louise” are written in a thin, stylized sans-serif font. The background is an illustrated mountainous landscape with a train and clouds. The back is another illustrated mountainous landscape at a body of water with plants and more clouds. When you open it up, there are descriptions for Banff National Park and Yoho National Park, and the accordion-folded pictures. Some of the pictures look like photographs and some look like illustrations. On the front and back side of the accordion, each panel is either a vertical or horizontal picture of animals, landscapes, or buildings, each with its own caption. It is made of thick, sturdy paper, but it has some signs of use along the edges and folds. These kinds of postcards were very common, and Byron Harmon was known for making postcards for the Canadian Rockies specifically, so his work is pretty niche. This souvenir folder has cultural value to someone who were to travel to the Banff National Park or Yoho National Park, see these sights, and buy this postcard to remember their trip by, or to send to a loved one. It is also a time capsule for what these parks looked like in the 1940's and what the Canadian flag used to look like.