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DONNER LAKE, just west of Truckee in California's beautiful Lake Tahoe region, was named for the historic Donner Party. Donner Pioneer Monument on Highway 40 marks the tragic location where 90 pioneers died during the winter of 1846-7.
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Donner Lake, California
DONNER LAKE, just west of Truckee in California's beautiful Lake Tahoe region, was named for the historic Donner Party. Donner Pioneer Monument on Highway 40 marks the tragic location where 90 pioneers died during the winter of 1846-7.
Publisher: Union Oil Co. of California (founded in 1890)
American
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 Number2015.10802
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPostcards
DescriptionBack: divided. Mint. SEE THE WEST WITH 76 GASOLINE
1890 - 1940 OUR 50TH YEAR OF SERVICE
No.29 in UNION OIL COMPANY'S Natural Color Scenes of the West.
© 1940 UNION OIL CO. OF CALIF. MADE IN U.S.A.
1890 - 1940 OUR 50TH YEAR OF SERVICE
No.29 in UNION OIL COMPANY'S Natural Color Scenes of the West.
© 1940 UNION OIL CO. 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)