Atomium Brussels Postcard – Vintage Expo Landmark View

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Atomium Brussels Postcard – Vintage Expo Landmark View

A vivid, flower-framed view of the Atomium in Brussels — a modernist icon of Expo 58 and Cold War-era optimism, captured in gleaming steel and bold geometry.

Measurements: approx. 4 x 5 3/4 inches
Dates: unknown
Condition: Light wear around the corners noted. Please check our images.
Internal notes: QC passed

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Framed by daisies and manicured greenery, the Atomium rises like a science fiction sculpture against a cloudless blue sky. This postcard captures a moment of architectural audacity, with its nine gleaming spheres suspended in a molecular lattice — an emblem of post-war progress, Belgian pride, and a world leaning toward the atomic age.

Erected for the 1958 Brussels World’s Fair (Expo 58), the Atomium stands 102 metres tall and represents an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times. Designed by engineer André Waterkeyn, it symbolised both scientific ambition and peaceful innovation during a time of geopolitical tension. This particular postcard, printed by SOMINEX and stamped “AT THE ATOMIUM,” adds a layer of authenticity, connecting the card directly to its iconic site.

Preserving this postcard is like keeping a piece of mid-century futurist optimism, reflecting an age when architecture aspired to embody humanity’s highest ideals. Ideal for collectors of modernist design, Expo memorabilia, or Cold War-era culture, this piece brings together science, art, and European history in a single gleaming frame.

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