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Huntington Lake, California


HUNTINGTON LAKE, a mountain resort 60 miles northeast of Fresno, California, is the site of a hydroelectric project rivaling the Panama Canal in cost and engineering craftsmanship, but any utilitarian purpose is completely submerged in the beauty and recreational enjoyment the lake offers. Reached over State Highway 168.
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 Number2015.11277
NOT ON VIEW
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.
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)