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The white silhouette of a butterfly representing the fragility of those living with AIDS against a grey/black tablet form; with the message in German, 'Verdict. AIDS. People with AIDS. Convicted of fear. AIDS see and judge. As the disease. We are concerned'; one of 3 posters advertising the AIDS-Hilfe Tirol. Colour lithograph by Nicolai Buchinger.

The white silhouette of a butterfly representing the fragility of those living with AIDS against a grey/black tablet form; with the message in German, 'Fear. Disease and death. We shun them because we are alive. We displace it, because we are afraid. Meet the fear. Through confrontation'; one of 3 posters advertising the AIDS-Hilfe Tirol. Colour lithograph by Nicolai Buchinger.

The white silhouette of a butterfly representing the fragility of those living with AIDS against a grey/black tablet form; with the message in German, ''Help. Disease and death. They are part of life. People with AIDS are fellow human beings. We help them by making them accept. Through encounters and integration"; one of 3 posters advertising the AIDS-Hilfe Tirol. Colour lithograph by Nicolai Buchinger.

A huntsman in the Tyrol holding a walking stick, a hat and some heather is standing on the top of a hill looking over the land; a gun hangs on his shoulder. Engraving by C.H. Jeens after P. Foltz.

A homeless family pulling a covered wagon up a steep mountain side in Tyrol; on the path they pass two priests in cassocks, carrying crosses. Wood engraving, 1879, after M. Schmid.

Hexen und Zauberer in Tirol / Hans Benedikter.

Gli spazi della follia : storia della psichiatria nel Tirolo e nel Trentino, 1830-1942 / Giuseppe Pantozzi.

Beiträge zur Geschichte der Medizin in Tirol / [Otto Rudel] ; gesammelt für das etschländer Arzteblatt.

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Tyrol

Images from the collections

Images referencing Tyrol

Works from the collections

A homeless family pulling a covered wagon up a steep mountain side in Tyrol; on the path they pass two priests in cassocks, carrying crosses. Wood engraving, 1879, after M. Schmid.

Hexen und Zauberer in Tirol / Hans Benedikter.

Gli spazi della follia : storia della psichiatria nel Tirolo e nel Trentino, 1830-1942 / Giuseppe Pantozzi.

Beiträge zur Geschichte der Medizin in Tirol / [Otto Rudel] ; gesammelt für das etschländer Arzteblatt.

Tyrol

Images from the collections

Images referencing Tyrol

Works from the collections

A homeless family pulling a covered wagon up a steep mountain side in Tyrol; on the path they pass two priests in cassocks, carrying crosses. Wood engraving, 1879, after M. Schmid.

Hexen und Zauberer in Tirol / Hans Benedikter.

Gli spazi della follia : storia della psichiatria nel Tirolo e nel Trentino, 1830-1942 / Giuseppe Pantozzi.

Beiträge zur Geschichte der Medizin in Tirol / [Otto Rudel] ; gesammelt für das etschländer Arzteblatt.

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