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Budapest, ca 1936In French, German and English. Advertising of two the finest luxury hotels in Budapest with Hungarian and French cuisine restaurant and dances. Illustrated map of Hungary with tour itinerary on the other side of the fan. The red lines show automobile routes and black are railroad routes. Map illustrated by András Biczó. He studied at the Hungarian Royal Academy of Fine Arts and later created greeting cards and children's books illustrations.The Grand Hotel Hungaria, was opened in 1871. Ferenc Liszt gave a concert in the hotel in 1877. Other noted guests included Thomas Edison and Giacomo Puccini, Richard Strauss and Vatslav Nizhinsky. The building was destroyed in 1945. The Grand Hotel Ritz was opened in 1913 and renamed under the name Dunapalota in 1916. The Hungaria and The Dunapalota were operated under joint management.

This satirical map of Europe represented combatant nations by caricatures of dogs and people, which displaying their attitudes towards the War.
The is Germany is the Dachshund, Austrian is a Mongrel, Belgium is a little Griffon, France is a large Poodle and Britain is the Bulldog led by a figure in naval uniform. Nicholas II, the last tsar of Russia, shown driving a steamroller accompanied by a Russian bear.
The text was prepared by British humorist author of anthropomorphic dog books Walter Emanuel (1869-915)/ He commented the political situation in Europe in the early stages of Grate War.