I think the red Plymouth is a 4 door Savoy. The chrome trim seems understated, at least compared to the advertisement offered by another contributor.

The cars, that is: red, and green, and yellow, and purple, and aqua, and --

Look at what's parked on that street today and you'd see black, and silver, and gray, and silver, and white, and black, and silver, and silver, and gray, and white, and gray ...

Geez, enough comments and ID's for the cars. There is a MOUNTAIN in the picture. My take is that it was done with a mildly telephoto lens: the mountain is freeking awesome.

We moved out west in '73 and you would often see elk on the road near Sulfur Mountain or the Hot Springs. For the longest time, no new development was allowed. Took my daughter there a few years back and I couldn't believe how many new homes there were.

Here's that corner last time I was there, in 2007. The building on the left remains, and although the flag-flying buildings on the right have changed, the flag appears to still be flying in the same spot.

The two cars at far left both sport 1964 license plates: the curbside Olds has white-on-blue Alberta plates, while the turning Plymouth's green-on-white plates are from Saskatchewan.

My dad had a '58 Chev in "Anniversary Gold" very similar to that "Jubilee Gold" Pontiac. It wasn't his fault, it was a company car and that's what his boss sent him.

My mother hated the colour, she said it looked like a Labatt's beer truck.

The muddy red car on the left, turning right (the turn signal is lit). I think it's a Fury.

[The Fury had chrome trim that the car in our photo doesn't. - Dave]

Both the Savoy and Belvedere also have chrome trim. So what is this car?

Not all Ford trucks were Mercurys and not all Dodge trucks were Fargos. Mercury dealers had Mercury trucks which were just re-badged Fords, but Ford dealers sold Ford trucks. The same for the Mopars. Dodge dealers sold Dodge trucks and Plymouth dealers sold Fargos. We also had Meteor cars which were rebadged Fords sold by Mercury dealers to give them an entry level auto and Monarch cars which were rebadged Mercurys sold by Ford dealers to give them a more upscale vehicle. GM sold Chevy trucks from the early 30s until the early 50s that were called Maple Leafs in addition to Chevy trucks. Confused yet?

Ten comments so far, and no one has mentioned the little yellow Nash Metropolitan convertible yet. Well, now I have.

My eye was drawn to the VW beetle. It would have been a cold car to drive in the winter in Banff. Without an accessory heater fan the only heat would be what ever wander up front from the engine compartment. I owned a VW bus that never could quite clear the windshield in the winter, even with an accessory fan.

The Big Black Sedan on the front left is a 1954 Oldsmobile, not a '53--the first year for GM's wraparound windshield on Buick/Olds/Cadillac.

how this brings back so many memories of dear Banff on weekends skiing those magnificent Rockies, if I can remember lift tickets were in the ten dollar range.

The car on the far right might be a early 60's model Mercury Monterey with a "Breezeway" rear window. Our family had one of those and it was a lot of fun. The rear window slanted down and in towards the rear seat and was powered so it could be lowered to let air flow through the car. Worked great even when it was raining!

Visited Banff and Lake Louise on our 2011 vacation. Beautiful area. Here's a view looking in the same direction but farther up the street.

Banff clearly has a lot of it. And an Oldsmobile dealer, guaranteed. Back when they still made Oldsmobiles.

Note the Canadian Red Ensigns flying on buildings on either side of the street. This was the national flag used for several decades until the official flag, the Maple Leaf, arrived on the scene in 1965.

The following summer, stayed in the Banff Springs Hotel. I bought a key ring from the gift shop, a beautiful round medallion of the Canadian flag with the colors in cloisonne which I still have.

You'll notice many Pontiacs in the picture--they were built on Chevrolet chassis and had Chevy sixes, 283's and 348's with PowerGlide. A Catalina trim level was called Strato-Chief, Star Chief Laurentian, and Bonneville was a Parisienne. Although much less car than what an American Pontiac represented, they were much more expensive.

[You have it backwards. They were generally less expensive, which was the whole point of building them on Chevy chassis. - Dave]

That's a 1953 Oldsmobile facing the camera while parked at the curb. I can't tell if it's an 88 or a 98, but I had a 98 just like it back in the 1990s. I finally traded it for a piano.

The blue-green automobile on the extreme right is a 1964 Mercury (with a Breezeway roof no less).

[Or a '63. - Dave]