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LAKE ELSINORE, scene of Southern California outboard motor races, is viewed from the Ortega Highway in Elsinore Valley. Reached from the picturesque inland route between Los Angeles and San Diego, the lake is well known for its adjacent hot springs.
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Lake Elsinore, California
LAKE ELSINORE, scene of Southern California outboard motor races, is viewed from the Ortega Highway in Elsinore Valley. Reached from the picturesque inland route between Los Angeles and San Diego, the lake is well known for its adjacent hot springs.
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 Number2015.11129
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)