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| Posters, large size or small are used for an endless variety of purposes. Already from the early years of the movement The Salvation Army has used the poster to reach people with a message. There is a rich variety of posters which have been used in connection with The Salvation Army.
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 This poster which was produced about fifty years ago in connection to an evangelistic campaign which took place in Switzerland. It shows a salvationist standing under the cross and pointing the way to Christ. |
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| Four different types of posters are shown here. | ||||||
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 This poster which represents the work of The Salvation Army done during the First World War advertises and requests support for the same work. |
All the posters have outside of the connection to the work of The Salvation Army something else in common. As they were produced no one thought that decades later they would witness to the work done during a certain time period. | |||||
 In year 1941, the theatre piece "Major Barbara" written by George Bernard Shaw, was made into a movie. In many different countries, even in South America the film was available in movie theaters. |
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| "Les Musiciens du Ciel" with Michèle Morgan and "Major Barbara" with Wendy Hiller and Rex Harrison are two films which deal mainly with themes connected to The Salvation Army. | ||||||
 This is a new poster which advertises the collection of funds for the year 2000 in Switzerland needed to support the ongoing social work. |
The social work of The Salvation Army: The first social home in Switzerland commenced work in 1894 in Zurich. In the year 1903 Commissioner E. Booth-Hellberg founded "Die Genossenschaft für die Sozialwerke in der Schweiz" (the social work of The Salvation Army for Switzerland). . | |||||
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