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El Morro Rock, Sequoia National Park, California


EL MORRO ROCK, Sequoia National Park, pictured here, guards 604 square miles of virgin timber and beautiful mountain wilderness. The Park is open the year around and offers winter sports as well as summer. Various types of accommodations are available. There is a good high-gear highway into the Park.
Publisher: Union Oil Co. of California (founded in 1890)
American
1955

Medium/Technique Photochrome on card stock.
Dimensions Horizontal: 8.9 x 14 cm (3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)
Credit Line Leonard A. Lauder Postcard Archive—Gift of Leonard A. Lauder
Accession Number2015.11502
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPostcards

DescriptionBack: divided. Mint. ROYAL 76 GASOLINE TOUR THE WEST WITH UNION
UNION OIL COMPANY'S Natural Color Scenes of the West.
MADE IN U.S.A. [black ink on back]
ProvenanceBetween 1950 and 2015, acquired by Leonard A. Lauder, New York, from various postcard dealers in Europe and the United States; 2015, gift of Leonard A. Lauder to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 24, 2015)