VINTAGE PHOTO Bing Crosby Golf Bear 1947 Fairmont Jasper Lodge Canada

This is a great photo reprint by an unknown professional photographer (NOT a cheaply done homemade inkjet print).

Photo measures 11 x 14

Bing Crosby first went to the Lodge around 1947 when the lodge opened up after WWII. Paramount Pictures was making a film called 'The Emperor Waltz' starring Bing Crosby and they had taken over the Lodge before the paying punters came in.

He enjoyed the experience so much, he returned the year after to take part in (and win) Jasper Park Lodge Golf Club’s Totem Pole Tournament.

It is assumed that he posed for a photograph to record the win with the neighborhood bear.