Hosiery that covers the feet and legs to the knee or higher

Bales of wheat in a yellow field with a pair of white socks floating against a yellow sunset representing an advertisement for safe sex; German version of a series of 'Stop AIDS' campaign posters by the Federal Office of Public Health in collaboration with the AIDS-Hilfe Schweiz. Colour lithograph.

Bales of wheat in a yellow field with a pair of white socks floating against a yellow sunset representing an advertisement for safe sex; French version of a series of 'Stop SIDA' [Stop AIDS] campaign posters by the Federal Office of Public Health, in collaboration with l'Aide Suisse contre le SIDA. Colour lithograph.

Bales of wheat in a yellow field with a pair of white socks floating against a yellow sunset representing an advertisement for safe sex; Italian version of a series of Stop AIDS campaign posters by the Federal Office of Public Health, in collaboration with the AIUTO AIDS Svizzero. Colour lithograph.

Keep your feet warm and your circulation healthy by wearing our Electro-Magnetic Socks : all persons subject to cold feet, rheumatism in the legs, chilblains... / The Magneto-Electric Battery Company.

Electricpatent  sock : an absolute and positive remedy for chilblains & cold feet : for gout, sciatica & rheumatism : never wear out / the Pall Mall Electric Association.

4 pages, 1 folded leaf of plates : illustrations ; 28 cm

Specification of Edward William Augustus Bartlett : electric socks.

1 print : Lithograph, printed yellow, pink and white ; sheet 27.9 x 59.8 cm

Electrotherapy & vibrators ephemera. Box 1.

Best foot forward : if your job is one that means standing on your two feet for longer than your two feet like standing, this notice is for you ... / issued by the Medical Department, I.C.I. Metals Ltd.

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Socks

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Specification of Edward William Augustus Bartlett : electric socks.

Electrotherapy & vibrators ephemera. Box 1.

Best foot forward : if your job is one that means standing on your two feet for longer than your two feet like standing, this notice is for you ... / issued by the Medical Department, I.C.I. Metals Ltd.

Keep your feet warm and your circulation healthy by wearing our Electro-Magnetic Socks : all persons subject to cold feet, rheumatism in the legs, chilblains... / The Magneto-Electric Battery Company.

Socks

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Works from the collections

Specification of Edward William Augustus Bartlett : electric socks.

Electrotherapy & vibrators ephemera. Box 1.

Best foot forward : if your job is one that means standing on your two feet for longer than your two feet like standing, this notice is for you ... / issued by the Medical Department, I.C.I. Metals Ltd.

Keep your feet warm and your circulation healthy by wearing our Electro-Magnetic Socks : all persons subject to cold feet, rheumatism in the legs, chilblains... / The Magneto-Electric Battery Company.

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