Standard Oil Company California Scenic Prints

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Description: Item/Description: Lot/Set/Collection/Grouping of Fourteen (14) Vintage “Standard Oil Company of California” Promotional Advertising Giveaway Photographic Landscape Photography Color Art Prints depicting Various Regions/Historic Landmarks of the Southwest ***Each Print is Fully Frameable/Framable, and contains an elaborate amount of information on their reverse sides: -The Photographic Identification Data -Photographer’s Name -Commentary/Literary Narratives about the Historic Landmark/Site by a Variety of Famous Authors & Writers -and the Legend “Standard Oil Company of California” Age/Period: Vintage - ca.1940s-1950s (in-depth research has been conducted to narrow down the time frame as much as possible - this time period estimate is based upon the type of paper and printing method used, as well as the dates each contributing writer lived/died as well as served at various posts (i.e. as editor of “Arizona Highways” Magazine, as editor of “Desert Magazine,” as Director Museum of Science Boston, as Professor at Stanford University, etc.) Manufacturer/Identification/Markings: Standard Oil Company of California Material(s): Paper Quantity: Fourteen (14) Measurements: 14"W x 11 & ½”H Condition: Ranges from Very Good+++ to Excellent, with all of the prints retaining vibrantly colorful and vividly crisp imagery. Some of the Prints were once displayed, apparent from their residual corner thumbtack holes. Some of the Prints evince nominal edge paper nicks/furling. The amount of paper age coloration on the reverse sides varies from very light to normal. A previous owner has affixed a Cut-Out of a Lounging/Reclining-on-the-Beach Naked/Nude Hawaiian Hula Girl Dancer to the Waikiki Print, and the Ponderosa Pine Print has a Cut-Out with the wording “Genuine Hardwood” affixed to the Tree Trunk LIST OF PHOTOGRAPHERS: *Ansel Adams *Ray Atkeson *Esther Henderson *Robert P. Holland *Hubert a. Lowman *Dick McGraw *Gene Morris *Mike Roberts *Frank Tanner LIST OF AUTHORS/WRITERS: *Don Blanding (1984-1957) *Raymond Carlson (editor 1938-1970s) *Robert Ormond Case (1895-1964) *Victoria Case (1897-1973) *Stanton Hill Delaplane (1907-1988) *Aubrey Drury (??? - couldn’t find out anything specific but time frame fits pre-1950s) *Randall Henderson (editor 1937-1958) *Stewart Hall Holbrook (1893-1964) *Joseph Henry Jackson (1894-1955) *Clarence Budington Kelland (1881-1964) *Oscar Lewis (??? - couldn’t find out anything specific but time frame fits pre-1950s) *Wallace Earle Stegner (1909-1993) (Stanford Professor ca 1945-1970s) *Irving Stone (1903-1989) *Bradford Washburn (1910-2007) (Museum Director 1939-1980) SUBJECT MATTER CONTENTS (Geographic Location, Titles, Photographer & Author of Narrative Information): 1 - Alaska - Mount McKinley National Park - “Mount McKinley” - Ansel Adams Natural Color Photograph - Bradford Washburn, Author, Explorer, Director Museum of Science, Boston 2 - Arizona - Grand Canyon at Sunset - “The Grand Canyon” - Gene Morris Natural Color Photograph - Clarence Budington Kelland, Eminent Author who knows and loves Arizona as well as he writes about her 3 - Arizona - Mystery Valley - “Monument Valley Region” - Esther Henderson Natural Color Photograph - Raymond Carlson, Editor of “Arizona Highways” Magazine 4 - California - Cypress, Monterey Peninsula - “Monterey Peninsula” - Frank Tanner Natural Color Photograph - Stanton Delaplane, Reporter, Pulitzer Prize Winner and Travel Columnist 5 - California - Desert Wildflowers - “Garden of Peace” - Mike Roberts Natural Color Photograph - Randall Henderson, Editor and Publisher “Desert Magazine” 6 - California - Mount San Jacinto - “Mount San Jacinto” - Hubert A. Lowman Natural Color Photograph - Joseph Henry Jackson, Editor, Historian, Author of “The California Story” and other books about the West 7 - California - Ponderosa Pine, Lake Tahoe, Nevada - “Lake Tahoe” - Robert P. Holland Natural Color Photograph - Irving Stone, Biographer and Novelist, Author of “Immortal Wife” and “President’s Lady” 8 - California - Vernal falls, Yosemite National Park - “Yosemite” - Ansel Adams Natural Color Photograph - Aubrey Drury, Author of “California An Intimate Guide” 9 - Hawaii - Waikiki Beach - “Waikiki” - Mike Roberts Natural Color Photograph - Don Blanding, Author of “Vagabond’s House” and many other popular volumes of Poetry 10 - Idaho - Upper Mesa Falls, Henrys Fork - “The Sound of Mountain Water” - Hubert A. Lowman Natural Color Photograph - Wallace Stegner, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author, Professor of English, Stanford University 11 - Oregon - Crown Point, Columbia River - “Crown Point and the Columbia River” - Ray Atkeson Natural Color Photograph - Stewart H. Holbrook, Author, Journalist, Member Society American Historians 12 - Oregon - Silver Creek Falls State Park - ”South Silver Creek Falls” - Ray Atkeson Natural Color Photograph - Robert Ormond Case, Author of “The Empire Builders” and other books about the Northwest 13 - Utah - Grazing Sheep - Dick McGraw Natural Color Photograph - Oscar Lewis, Western Author, Historian, and Novelist 14 - Washington - Mount St. Helens, Spirit Lake - “Mount St. Helens” - Ray Atkeson Natural Color Photograph - Victoria Case, Co-Author “Last Mountains - A Story of the Cascades” 1945

Status: For Sale	Reference#: Standard_Oil_Company_California_Scenic_Prints_
Condition: Very Good to Excellent	Year: ca 1930s-1950s
Country: USA
Height: 11 in. (27.94 cm)
Width: 14 in. (35.56 cm)

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