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Two men engage in oral sex in a public toilet; an advertisement for safe sex by the Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe e.V. Colour lithograph by Friedrich Baumhauer and Wolfgang Mudra.

A man and woman about to kiss, a pair of hands joined, children dancing, a novel toilet seat, a table set for dinner, a razor and a toothbrush, an extended condom and a splatter of blood; with a warning that the only protection from AIDS is information on protection; an advertisement by AIDES Lorraine Nord. Colour lithograph by Communatuté Municipale de Madrid.

Safe activities in which the AIDS virus is not transmitted including top left shaking hands to blood donation bottom right with subtitles to diagrams in French; advertisement by CRAM, [La Caisse Régionale d'assurance Maladie de Bourgogne Franche-Comté]. Colour lithograph.

Sex klappt sicher / Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe ; Foto Wilfried Behner ; Gestaltung Detlev Pusch.

Images that demonstrate that AIDS is not spread through social contact. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.

Cartoons illustrating ways in which you can't get AIDS including eating at restaurants and using toilets in public places; advertisement for the Minnesota AIDS Project by the Illinois Department of Public Health. Colour lithograph by Max.

Ways in which AIDS is not spread from shaking hands and hugging to mosquito and insect bites; an advertisement by the Directorate of Health Services in Manipur. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.

The British Museum: drinking fountains under the portico, with visitors. Wood engraving, 1860.

Two male hands shake with the message 'Menschlich Sein' [human] with a list of ways in which AIDS is not transmitted; a message by the Minister for Health and Social Affairs. Colour lithograph.

Where India goes : abandoned toilets, stunted development and the costs of caste / Diane Coffey and Dean Spears.

G*ndershit zine : toilet talk. Issue 1.

Ladies and gents : public toilets and gender / edited by Olga Gershenson and Barbara Penner.

The big necessity : the unmentionable world of human waste and why it matters / Rose George.

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Toilet Facilities

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Images referencing Toilet Facilities

Works from the collections

Where India goes : abandoned toilets, stunted development and the costs of caste / Diane Coffey and Dean Spears.

G*ndershit zine : toilet talk. Issue 1.

Ladies and gents : public toilets and gender / edited by Olga Gershenson and Barbara Penner.

Cartoons illustrating ways in which you can't get AIDS including eating at restaurants and using toilets in public places; advertisement for the Minnesota AIDS Project by the Illinois Department of Public Health. Colour lithograph by Max.

The big necessity : the unmentionable world of human waste and why it matters / Rose George.

Toilet Facilities

Images from the collections

Images referencing Toilet Facilities

Works from the collections

Where India goes : abandoned toilets, stunted development and the costs of caste / Diane Coffey and Dean Spears.

G*ndershit zine : toilet talk. Issue 1.

Ladies and gents : public toilets and gender / edited by Olga Gershenson and Barbara Penner.

Cartoons illustrating ways in which you can't get AIDS including eating at restaurants and using toilets in public places; advertisement for the Minnesota AIDS Project by the Illinois Department of Public Health. Colour lithograph by Max.

The big necessity : the unmentionable world of human waste and why it matters / Rose George.

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