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Caption
Death Valley National Monument, lying across the California-Nevada boundary, is a 3000 square mile area which has the lowest land in continental U.S. A great valley flanked by two mountain ranges, 78 of its 118 miles is below sea level. The valley is said to contain rocks of all known divisons of geologic time. Reached over good highways. Season October to April.
Physical Description
One color postcard with a divided back. The postcard was published by Union Oil Company in Los Angeles, California.
Condition
Unused
Language of Postcard
English
Location
United States–California–Siskiyou County–Death Valley
Publisher
Union Oil Co. of California
Publisher Series
145
Date Issued
1890
Object Type
Postcard
Object Size
14 X 09 cm
Original Collection
San Diego College for Women Postcard Collection
Digital Collection
American Postcard Collection
Digital Publisher
Copley Library. University of San Diego
Collection Number
Central California-96
Date Digitized
2014-04-17
Image Format
Image/JPEG
Repository
Special Collections. Copley Library, University of San Diego
Image File Location
P:\SDCW Postcard Collection\UnitedStates\California\CentralCalifornia-96A
Image File Size
564 KB
Copyright
Copyright not Evaluated
Keywords
Death Valley (Calif. and Nev.), Aerial views, Deserts, Mountains, Death Valley National Park (Calif. and Nev.), National parks & reserves