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Banff Springs Hotel, Banff, Alberta, circa 1920

Subjects
Hotels & InnsMountains & Hills
Card type
Real photo
Date
c. 1915 (White Border)
Front of Banff Springs Hotel, Banff, Alberta, circa 1920, c. 1915 real photo postcard
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Back of Banff Springs Hotel, Banff, Alberta, circa 1920, c. 1915 real photo postcard
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About this subject

Sepia-toned view of the Banff Springs Hotel, a large château-style railway hotel with steep-roofed towers and dormers, seen from below against a massive forested mountain slope. Dark conifers frame the foreground and a stone terrace with arched openings runs along the base of the building.

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PublisherByron Harmon
792. BANFF SPRINGS HOTEL. --- POST CARD MADE IN CANADA ALONG THE LINE OF THE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY. Photographed and Copyrighted by BYRON HARMON BANFF, CANADA CORRESPONDENCE ADDRESS
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Postcard record

Series792
ConditionVery good
Place depictedBanff Springs Hotel, Banff, Alberta
PublisherBanff, Alberta
NotesSepia-toned real photo print; thin white margin along left and top edges; caption lettered in white in the negative. No postmark or stamp present. Divided-back card printed in Canada; imprint 'Along the Line of the Canadian Pacific Railway' with Byron Harmon, Banff, photographer credit — c. 1920s–30s. Dealer pencil code 'RMLT 45-' in upper left; light foxing/toning on cream stock.

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Banff Springs Hotel, Banff, Alberta, circa 1920, postcard, c. 1915. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/banff-springs-hotel-banff-alberta-circa-1920. Accessed October 5, 2026.