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Deadman's Pass, Oregon


DEADMAN'S PASS, Oregon. This is the vista that unfolded before early pioneers on the Old Oregon Trail, known today as Highway 30. Located in the heart of Oregon's cattle and wheat country, the pass is some 30 miles southeast of Pendleton.
Publisher: Union Oil Co. of California (founded in 1890)
American
1941

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 Number2015.10860
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPostcards

DescriptionBack: divided. Mint. SEE THE OLD WEST THIS YEAR WITH 76 GASOLINE
No.86 in UNION OIL COMPANY'S Natural Color Scenes of the West.
COPYRIGHT 1941 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)