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STATE CAPITOL BUILDING in Sacramento, largest inland city in California. The main building is of the florid Corinthian type architecture and is surrounded by 30 acres containing over a thousand varieties of trees and plants from all parts of the world.
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State Capitol Building, Sacramento, California
STATE CAPITOL BUILDING in Sacramento, largest inland city in California. The main building is of the florid Corinthian type architecture and is surrounded by 30 acres containing over a thousand varieties of trees and plants from all parts of the world.
Publisher: Union Oil Co. of California (founded in 1890)
American
1948
Medium/Technique
Photochrome on card stock.
Dimensions
Vertical: 14 x 8.9 cm (5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Leonard A. Lauder Postcard Archive—Gift of Leonard A. Lauder
Accession Number2015.11209
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)