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Hygieia as a personification of hygiene: a woman holding up the palm of her hand on the left and holding the staff of Aesculapius on the right, with water in the background; advertising an exhibition in Düsseldorf on health and welfare. Colour lithograph after L. ten Hompel, 1926.

An under-nourished working class mother holding a baby; advertising the "GeSoLei", an exhibition in Düsseldorf on healthcare. Lithograph after R. Waller, 1926.

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Grosse Ausstellung Düsseldorf für Gesundheitspflege, soziale Fürsorge und Leibesübungen (1926 : Düsseldorf, Germany)

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Hygieia as a personification of hygiene: a woman holding up the palm of her hand on the left and holding the staff of Aesculapius on the right, with water in the background; advertising an exhibition in Düsseldorf on health and welfare. Colour lithograph after L. ten Hompel, 1926.

An under-nourished working class mother holding a baby; advertising the "GeSoLei", an exhibition in Düsseldorf on healthcare. Lithograph after R. Waller, 1926.