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Orange Grove.


THIS view of the San Bernardino mountains rising above the orange groves delights Southern Californians as well as tourists during the spring and early summer months. Highest peak in the San Bernardino range is Mt. San Antonio or plain "Old Baldy," 10,080 feet. This vista is seen near Ontario.
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 Number2015.10695
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPostcards

DescriptionBack: divided. Mint. SEE THE WEST WITH 76 GASOLINE
No.5 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)