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First an arduous trail to the gold fields of the Cariboo, then a chiselled route for the Iron Horse, Fraser Canyon, In its rugged grandeur reflects the courage and dogged persistence of men who fought for gold with which to build roads of rock and steel with which to knit an Empire.
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First an Arduous Trail.
First an arduous trail to the gold fields of the Cariboo, then a chiselled route for the Iron Horse, Fraser Canyon, In its rugged grandeur reflects the courage and dogged persistence of men who fought for gold with which to build roads of rock and steel with which to knit an Empire.
Publisher: Union Oil Co. of Canada (founded in 1890)
Canadian
1939
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 Number2015.10681
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPostcards
DescriptionBack: divided. Mint. UNION 76
No. 9 in UNION OIL COMPANY OF CANADA'S Color Photographic Scenes of British Columbia.
Copyrighted 1939, Union Oil Co. of Canada. Printed in Canada.
No. 9 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)