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LIONS Gate Bridge, Vancouver.


Lions Gate Bridge, longest suspension bridge in the British Empire, spans the beautiful entrance to Vancouver harbour. South approach is through famed Stanley Park, and at its north end the Capilano River gives an unparalleled spectacle during the great salmon run.
Publisher: Union Oil Co. of Canada (founded in 1890)
Canadian
1939

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 Number2015.10679
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPostcards

DescriptionBack: divided. Mint. UNION 76
No. 7 in UNION OIL COMPANY OF CANADA'S Color Photographic Scenes of British Columbia.
Copyrighted 1939, Union Oil Co. of Canada. Printed in Canada.
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)