• Map of Auvergne with various markers and a legend on a yellowish background
  • Vintage map of Massiac and surrounding areas with labeled places and topography.
  • Illustration of a hand holding a comb and toothbrush with text on a yellow background
  • Vintage-style illustration of a hand holding a card with 'AU' on a purple and yellow background
  • Decorative border with compass rose and text on a yellow background
  • Close-up of a textured border with a patterned background
  • Decorative border with wavy pattern and text on a purple background
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Old tourist map of Auvergne, 1952

SKU:  195276

Old tourist map of Auvergne, 1952

€53,11 EUR
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This 1952 tourist map of Auvergne presents a lively mid-century vision of one of France’s most distinctive volcanic landscapes. Designed to promote regional travel in the post-war era, the map blends cartographic clarity with charming illustration, capturing both geographic structure and cultural identity.

The Massif Central dominates the composition, with the Chaîne des Puys rendered in rhythmic relief. Volcanic peaks, crater lakes, and rolling uplands are depicted with expressive shading, emphasizing Auvergne’s dramatic topography. Major towns such as Clermont-Ferrand, Le Puy-en-Velay, and Vichy are clearly marked, often accompanied by small vignettes highlighting cathedrals, thermal baths, or historic monuments. Rivers and road networks thread across the landscape, reflecting the expanding accessibility of automobile tourism in the early 1950s.

Decorative elements—regional costumes, livestock, cheeses, and agricultural scenes—reinforce Auvergne’s rural heritage. The balance between practical navigation and picturesque imagery typifies French tourist cartography of the period, designed not only to guide but to entice.

Materials

Cotton canvas, matte photo paper, fine art paper, pigmented inks.

  • The canvas it's 99 % cotton, 450 gr/sqm;
  • The matte photo paper it's acid-free (archival paper), 190 gr/sqm;
  • The fine art photo paper it's satinated (semi-glossy), 140 gr/sqm.

Shipping & Returns

Dispatching time: 1-2 days.

* Standard shipping fee: The orders will be sent by priority registered mail, usually via client National Post (USPS, Canada Post, Royal Mail, LaPoste, Deutsche Post, PostNL, etc). The delivery times are not guaranteed, sometimes it will take longer and these are beyond our control. Tracking number will be provided. Clients from US and Canada cannot track the parcels as the tracking numbers are not rolled in USPS and Canada Post systems.

* UPS standard: The orders will be sent with UPS expedited option. The delivery time it's between 5-11 days. Tracking number will be provided after dispatch.

* UPS express: The orders will be sent with UPS express saver. The delivery time it's between 4-7 days. Tracking number will be provided after dispatch.

Framing tips

Both type of materials, paper and canvas prints come rolled and will be need to be taken to your local framers.

The image it's printed with a border of 0.6 " (1.5 cm), for framing purposes only.

If you have already a frame, be sure you send us the exact size of the print that will fit inside the frame. We're printing on vectorial plotters so the size could slightly be more or less with 0.4" (1 cm).

If you plan to have the canvas print stretched on wooden frame, you'll need additional border, so please let us know after placing the order.

The images above was cropped from the image at the biggest size available (keeping the best quality and aspect /ratio), so, for good details please choose biggest dimensions that will suit your preferences / space.

Care Instructions

The print media (canvas or photo paper) could be cleaned only with a dry, soft cloth.

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