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Images about Advertising cards

2 images from works
  • "The adventures of Mr Preso": a condom holding an ice cream, a bunch of flowers, a heart and a banana; advertisement for condom cards. Colour lithograph by Pascal Blondeau, 1994, for ADIS, Association Départementale d'Information sur le SIDA et de Solidarité.
  • M0011054: Trade card for William Woodward: nightman, carman and chimney sweeper, 18th century.

Works from the collections

9 works

    • Books

    Tart cards : [London's illicit advertising art] / Caroline Archer ; photography by Rob Clayton.

    Archer, Caroline, 1961- | Date: [2003], ©2003
    • Books

    The trade card in nineteenth-century America / Robert Jay.

    Jay, Robert. | Date: 1987
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    Cocoa & corsets : a selection of late Victorian and Edwardian posters and showcards from the Stationers' Company copyright records preserved in the Public Record Office / Michael Jubb.

    Jubb, Michael. | Date: 1984
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    "The adventures of Mr Preso": a condom holding an ice cream, a bunch of flowers, a heart and a banana; advertisement for condom cards. Colour lithograph by Pascal Blondeau, 1994, for ADIS, Association Départementale d'Information sur le SIDA et de Solidarité.

    Pascal, 1956- | Date: [1994] | Reference: 672428i
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    London tradesmen's cards of the XVIII century : an account of their origin and use / by Ambrose Heal.

    Heal, Ambrose, 1872-1959. | Date: 1925

Related topics

Prostitution
Sex
Prostitutes
London
Sadomasochism
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Sexual dominance and submission
Pharmaceutical Preparations
Drug Industry
London

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