Bidspirit auction | Travel Poster Brussels International Fair

Travel Poster Brussels International Fair 1937 Illustrated Map Belgium - Original vintage commercial tourism and trade exhibition booklet poster for the 1937 Brussels International Fair / Foire Internationale de Bruxelles, featuring a stylised bird's-eye view tracking public transport routes, showing red and yellow paths for trams and trains crisscrossing past Brussels' architectural landmarks, including the historic city centre, manicured parks, and the exhibition palaces at Heysel. Flight times and paths from major European capitals like Paris, London, Amsterdam, and Cologne are mapped out with mid-century propeller planes gliding across the right side, while the bottom margin features a decorative compass rose. The reverse of the poster, presented in French, features comprehensive text columns outlining schedules for international buyers and sellers, an extensive index of industrial groups from metallurgy to agriculture, and dedicated travel tables detailing distances, passport regulations, and pricing for arrivals by water, rail, or air from major European hubs, with a stylised architectural blueprint of the exhibition grounds below. Good condition, folded as issued, creasing, staining, small tears, double sided. Country of issue: Belgium, designer: J.v.d. Bergh, size (cm): 54x40, year of printing: 1937.