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MISSION SAN XAVIER del BAC, named by the Indians "White Dove of the Desert," is located 11 miles south of Tucson, Arizona. Founded about 1700 by Padre Kino, it is one of the most beautiful of the Spanish Missions. It is still in service.
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Mission San Xavier del Bac, Arizona
MISSION SAN XAVIER del BAC, named by the Indians "White Dove of the Desert," is located 11 miles south of Tucson, Arizona. Founded about 1700 by Padre Kino, it is one of the most beautiful of the Spanish Missions. It is still in service.
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 Number2015.11292
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)