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THE PAINTED DESERT - miles and miles of brilliant, varicolored terrain that meets the eye on the north side of U.S. Highway 66 in the eastern half of Arizona.
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The Painted Desert, Arizona
THE PAINTED DESERT - miles and miles of brilliant, varicolored terrain that meets the eye on the north side of U.S. Highway 66 in the eastern half of Arizona.
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 Number2015.11721
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.
PRINTED IN U.S.A. [brown ink on back]
UNION OIL COMPANY'S Natural Color Scenes of the West.
PRINTED IN U.S.A. [brown 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)