Vintage map - Zurich 1950
Poster sold unframed but easy to frame!
This poster is sold rolled up inside a rigid protective tube. Our sizes are standard and you will easily find a frame or poster hanger (magnetic poster holder) to suit your taste!
Description
Immerse yourself in the heart of Switzerland's economic and cultural capital in the mid-20th century with this exceptional reissue of the tourist plan "Zurich", published around 1950 by the renowned cartographic institute Art. Institut Orell Füssli A.G. in Zurich. This English-language vintage map is a first-rate cartographic poster and a valuable archival document of the urban layout, monuments, and transport of Switzerland's largest city during the post-war boom.
This historic map of Zurich presents a remarkably precise survey at a scale of 1:10,000, covering the north of Lake Zurich (Lake of Zurich / Zürichsee) and the confluence of the Limmat and Sihl rivers. The document meticulously maps the historic center (Altstadt) and the city's key neighborhoods: Aussersihl, Industrie Quartier, Unterstrass, Oberstrass, Fluntern, Hottingen, Hirslanden, Riesbach, Enge, and Wiedikon. The map highlights the city's major buildings with perspective architectural renderings: the central station (Hauptbahnhof), the famous Bahnhofstrasse, the Paradeplatz, the medieval churches of Grossmünster and Fraumünster, the University of Zurich, the Federal Polytechnic School (ETH), the Swiss National Museum (Swiss National Museum), the Kunsthaus, the Zürichhorn park, and the Dolder hill. The detailed layout of the tramway network, bus lines, and railways bears witness to the metropolis's modern development.
Printed with exquisite care on high-quality paper that restores the full freshness of the original color palette—the warm ochre yellow of the buildings, the soft green of the parks and forests, and the azure blue of the lake and the Limmat riverbank—this vintage reproduction is ideal for a retro, modern, and cosmopolitan wall decoration. This vintage 1950 map of Zurich will captivate enthusiasts of Swiss history, lovers of the canton of Zurich, collectors of vintage city plans, and all admirers of Switzerland's urban heritage.
Creative paper
For vintage paper posters, we use a natural-toned and textured, slightly grained, 200 gsm FSC®-certified fine art paper. We chose this paper for its durability and to preserve its vintage look: it is an uncoated paper, so the colors will have an "aged" appearance that stays true to the spirit of the original card.
If you would like to get an idea of how the printed result will look, which is always different from what you see on screen, please contact us and we will be happy to help! Rest assured that we will do our utmost to respond to your request as quickly as possible!
Shipping costs
For shipping, we use Colissimo by La Poste.
You can choose your Colissimo pickup point after paying for your order (you have 10 business days to collect your order).
We recommend choosing delivery to a pickup point, as you can select the one that suits you, to avoid being delivered to a pickup point you cannot choose if you are not home for a home delivery with Colissimo.
- Mainland France : €6 to a pickup point, €8 for home delivery without signature, €9 for home delivery with signature, free delivery to a pickup point on orders over €60
- Europe (Austria, Belgium, Germany, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland): €12, free delivery on orders over €100
- United Kingdom: €18, free delivery on orders over €120
Manufacturing and delivery
For paper posters : we print to order in our workshop in Bordeaux.
- We prepare orders within 24 to 48 hours (Monday to Friday) after receipt of payment and hand over the packages on day 2/3. Colissimo then delivers within 3 to 4 days.
- If your order contains several posters, they will be shipped in a single shipping tube.
If you wish to receive your posters in separate tubes, you will need to place as many orders as desired tubes.
- Please allow a total delivery time of 5 to 7 business days to receive your order (excluding holiday periods or exceptional circumstances).
- For urgent orders, you can call us at 05 56 02 03 20 or write to us at bonjour@cartopolo.fr
For complaints related to delivery, you have a maximum of 7 days from the receipt of the package, dated by the delivery notice, to send them to us. Sending photos of the packaging, the shipping label attached to the packaging, as well as the product will facilitate the processing of your request.
Satisfied or your money back!
Not satisfied or have you changed your mind? You have 14 days from the date of receipt to return your order to us.
Once the returned product has been received by Cartopolo in perfect condition in its unopened original packaging, the refund will be issued to the credit card used for the purchase within 30 days.
Returns are only accepted for standard products from our online catalog. Any order that has been customized cannot be returned or refunded.
If you have any doubts or questions about a product before purchasing it, we recommend contacting us via our contact form or by phone. We will do our utmost to respond as quickly as possible!