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RIDING the range in the massive Red Rock country, 40 miles south of Flagstaff, Ariz. Here nature provided the setting for many famous Western novels, and here film companies today find perfect backgrounds for movies of the Old West.
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Red Rock Country
RIDING the range in the massive Red Rock country, 40 miles south of Flagstaff, Ariz. Here nature provided the setting for many famous Western novels, and here film companies today find perfect backgrounds for movies of the Old West.
Publisher: Union Oil Co. of California (founded in 1890)
American
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 Number2015.10691
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPostcards
DescriptionBack: divided. Mint. SEE THE WEST WITH 76 GASOLINE
No.1 in UNION OIL COMPANY'S Natural Color Photographic Scenes of the West.
© 1939 Union Oil Compnay of Calif. Made in U.S.A.
No.1 in UNION OIL COMPANY'S Natural Color Photographic Scenes of the West.
© 1939 Union Oil Compnay of Calif. Made in U.S.A.
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)