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GRAND CANYON, Arizona - one of the earth's geological masterpieces - is an intricately sculptured chasm with terraced walls, each stratum having a distinctive hue. Colors range through dull red, pale buff and gray, delicate green and pink, chocolate brown and slate gray. The Canyon is worth visiting if only for a day.
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Grand Canyon, Arizona
GRAND CANYON, Arizona - one of the earth's geological masterpieces - is an intricately sculptured chasm with terraced walls, each stratum having a distinctive hue. Colors range through dull red, pale buff and gray, delicate green and pink, chocolate brown and slate gray. The Canyon is worth visiting if only for a day.
Publisher: Union Oil Co. of California (founded in 1890)
American
1948
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 Number2015.11272
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPostcards
DescriptionBack: divided. Mint. TOUR THE WEST THIS YEAR WITH 76 UNION GASOLINE
UNION OIL COMPANY'S Natural Color Scenes of the West.
MADE IN U.S.A.
UNION OIL COMPANY'S Natural Color Scenes of the West.
MADE IN U.S.A.
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)