{"product_id":"hotel-pension-de-la-couronne-andermatt-brochure-c-1910s-1920s","title":"Hotel \u0026 Pension de la Couronne Andermatt Travel Brochure – 1910's–1920's","description":"\u003cp\u003eEarly twentieth-century photographic advertising booklet for Hotel \u0026amp; Pension de la Couronne in Andermatt, Switzerland, on the St Gotthard route. The cover pairs a photograph of the hotel and a period motor car with elegant serif lettering, naming A. \u0026amp; S. Camenzind as proprietors and presenting Andermatt as a summer and winter destination.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe photographs offer a detailed glimpse of Alpine travel and hotel life: an open postal motor coach on the Andermatt–Furka–Meiringen route, a wicker-furnished salon, a dining room and restaurant, views over Andermatt and the Reuss waterfall, and a snowy toboggan run. A broad winter panorama extends across an opening, bringing the village and its mountain setting into a single composition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrench promotional text describes local excursions, winter sports and hotel amenities. Handwritten amendments to the printed room and board rates add a distinctive detail to this surviving piece of hotel advertising. The imprint reads Institut Art. Brügger, Meiringen. The booklet is provisionally dated to the late 1910s or early 1920s; the exact publication year is not established.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn appealing piece for collectors of Swiss hotel memorabilia, Gotthard-route tourism and early motoring or winter-sports imagery, combining intimate interior views with a wider portrait of Andermatt as an Alpine resort.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eType:\u003c\/strong\u003e Photographic hotel advertising booklet\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Good (G), with minor tearing and creasing, wear and small openings along the spine, and light edge and corner wear. Printed rates have handwritten amendments. Please examine all photographs for details.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 16 × 12 cm (6.30 × 4.72 inches)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eStyle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Early twentieth-century Alpine travel photography \/ Belle Époque-style typography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLocation:\u003c\/strong\u003e Andermatt, Uri, Switzerland\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e Late 1910s–early 1920s (estimated)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHotel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hotel \u0026amp; Pension de la Couronne\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eProprietors:\u003c\/strong\u003e A. \u0026amp; S. Camenzind\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 6, as stated by the seller\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e French\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePrinter:\u003c\/strong\u003e Institut Art. Brügger, Meiringen\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eQuestions about this item?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlease contact us via chat and quote item reference HBR5.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"vintages.shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":60075305533785,"sku":"HBR5","price":80.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1052\/9610\/1721\/files\/IMG_0030_9501b6e4-cd94-43cf-9d17-af7b124b01c3.jpg?v=1792639237","url":"https:\/\/vintages.shop\/products\/hotel-pension-de-la-couronne-andermatt-brochure-c-1910s-1920s","provider":"vintages.shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}