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SAN ONOFRE, on Highway 101 about midway between Los Angeles and San Diego, grows some 200 acres of Poinsettias. From November to January when the flowers are in full bloom, the fields are a mass of red. Distribution of cut flowers is largely through Southern California markets but potted plants are shipped all over the United States.
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San Onofre, California
SAN ONOFRE, on Highway 101 about midway between Los Angeles and San Diego, grows some 200 acres of Poinsettias. From November to January when the flowers are in full bloom, the fields are a mass of red. Distribution of cut flowers is largely through Southern California markets but potted plants are shipped all over the United States.
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 Number2015.11627
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsContemporary Art, Americas, Prints and Drawings
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]
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)