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CROOKED RIVER BRIDGE, Oregon, on Highway 97 crosses Crooked River at Peter Skene Ogden Park. Ogden explored central Oregon for the Hudson Bay Company and discovered this river not far from the bridge site. Notice the rugged terrain.
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Crooked River Bridge, Oregon
CROOKED RIVER BRIDGE, Oregon, on Highway 97 crosses Crooked River at Peter Skene Ogden Park. Ogden explored central Oregon for the Hudson Bay Company and discovered this river not far from the bridge site. Notice the rugged terrain.
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 Number2015.10922
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPostcards
DescriptionBack: divided. Mint. SEE THE OLD WEST THIS YEAR WITH 76 GASOLINE
No.147 in UNION OIL COMPANY'S Natural Color Scenes of the West.
COPYRIGHT 1941 UNION OIL CO. OF CALIF. MADE IN U.S.A.
No.147 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)