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VICTORIA, Capital City of British Columbia, and southern centre of trade and tourist activity on Vancouver Island. Pictured are the Parliament Buildings from the Inner Harbor Causeway.
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Victoria B.C. (w / buildings)
VICTORIA, Capital City of British Columbia, and southern centre of trade and tourist activity on Vancouver Island. Pictured are the Parliament Buildings from the Inner Harbor Causeway.
Publisher: Union Oil Co. of Canada (founded in 1890)
Canadian
1940
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 Number2015.10683
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPostcards
DescriptionBack: divided. Used. UNION 76
No. 23 in UNION OIL COMPANY OF CANADA'S Color Photographic Scenes of Vancouver Island.
Copyrighted 1940, Union Oil Co. of Canada. Printed in Canada.
No. 23 in UNION OIL COMPANY OF CANADA'S Color Photographic Scenes of Vancouver Island.
Copyrighted 1940, Union Oil Co. of Canada. Printed in Canada.
Marks
Canceled. Sent 1949 from Victoria, BC, to Toronto, Ontario, 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)