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Vancouver, Canadian gateway to the Pacific, has 98 miles of waterfrontage on the harbour and English Bay. A favoured port for deep-sea vessels, it is also, through its six beaches and 99 park areas, a popular vacation resort.
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VANCOUVER Harbour.
Vancouver, Canadian gateway to the Pacific, has 98 miles of waterfrontage on the harbour and English Bay. A favoured port for deep-sea vessels, it is also, through its six beaches and 99 park areas, a popular vacation resort.
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 Number2015.10680
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPostcards
DescriptionBack: divided. Mint. UNION 76
No. 8 in UNION OIL COMPANY OF CANADA'S Color Photographic Scenes of British Columbia.
Copyrighted 1939, Union Oil Co. of Canada. Printed in Canada.
No. 8 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)