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Malahat Drive, Victoria (w / auto)


The Malahat Drive is a section of the spectacular highway, North from Victoria, B.C., which follows the East Coast of Vancouver Island to beyond Campbell River.
Publisher: Union Oil Co. of Canada (founded in 1890)
Canadian
1940

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 Number2015.10682
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPostcards

DescriptionBack: divided. Mint. UNION 76
No. 21 in UNION OIL COMPANY OF CANADA'S Color Photographic Scenes of Vancouver Island.
Copyrighted 1940, Union Oil Co. of Canada. Printed in Canada.
InscriptionsYes
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)