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SAN FRANCISCO'S FAMOUS CABLE CARS ... Foot of Powell at Market Street where the cable car is turned around bodily by the crew before starting the journey up the hill again.
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San Fracisco's Famous Cable Cars, San Francisco, California
SAN FRANCISCO'S FAMOUS CABLE CARS ... Foot of Powell at Market Street where the cable car is turned around bodily by the crew before starting the journey up the hill again.
Publisher: Union Oil Co. of California (founded in 1890)
American
1955
Medium/Technique
Photochrome on card stock.
Dimensions
Vertical: 14 x 8.9 cm (5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Leonard A. Lauder Postcard Archive—Gift of Leonard A. Lauder
Accession Number2015.11725
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsContemporary Art, Americas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPostcards
DescriptionBack: divided. Mint. ROYAL 76 GASOLINE TOUR THE WEST WITH UNION
UNION OIL COMPANY'S Natural Color Scenes of the West.
PRINTED IN U.S.A. [brown ink on back]
UNION OIL COMPANY'S Natural Color Scenes of the West.
PRINTED IN U.S.A. [brown ink on back]
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)