Name/Title
Switzerland PosterEntry/Object ID
2026.4.79Scope and Content
Switzerland Poster depicting a wide variety of historical, cultural, political, and geographic facts about the country. Included are several diagrams, maps, charts, and photographs.
Sections:
- Switzerland is situated at the heart of Europe.
- The Swiss work within narrow confines.
- Steppeland grasses grow in Switzerland.
- "Le Milieu de Mond"
- Railroads, Bridges, and Palaces
- "Unity, yes; Uniformity, no"
- One per thousand of the population of Earth
- Sport, leisure, and other useful things
- What does Switzerland want?
- Neutrality - The main principle
- Democracy is a lengthy process
- Societies, rights, and parties
- A rifle for every man
- Farmers and hotel-keepers
- Some uranium, but not much
- The Swiss are inventive...
- Banking and Insurance
- Science, art, and alphorns
