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Treasure Island.


TREASURE Island, with the Tower of the Sun in the distance. This 400 acre man-made island in San Francisco Bay is the stage for the $50,000,000 Golden Gate International Exposition for 1939. When the exposition ends Dec. 2, the huge plat and bay will be converted to a giant airport for both transcontinental and trans-Pacific ships.
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 Number2015.10700
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPostcards

DescriptionBack: divided. Mint. SEE THE WEST WITH 76 GASOLINE
No.10 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)