City in and county seat of King County, State of Washington, United States

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A blue sun with green rays against a block of yellow, pink and blue representing an advertisement for MAPS, a Multifaith AIDS Project of Seattle. Colour lithograph.

Crescent cook book / [Crescent Manufacturing Company].

An officer with a cap holding up a condom with numerous messages about condoms and how to use them; advertisement by the Seattle-King County Department of Public Health. Colour lithograph by Art Chantry.

Two men with stubble touch faces representing an advertisement for the Northwest AIDS Foundation. Colour lithograph by Heath Printers.

The words 'Aids is a white man's disease' in white on black; advertisement for information on how to prevent Aids by People of Colour Against Aids. Colour lithograph.

Native American children in a variety of poses suggesting blindness and hiding representing a warning that we isolate ourselves from HIV/AIDS; advertisement about AIDS education and clinical services for native Indian women and children by the Seattle Indian Health Board. Colour lithograph.

A black man looks up at the side profile of another man out of focus in the foreground representing an advertisement for the Northwest AIDS Foundation. Colour lithograph by Heath Printers.

A woman winks as she holds up a condom with the face of a man behind with numerous messages about condoms and how to use them; advertisement by the Seattle-King County Department of Public Health. Colour lithograph by Art Chantry.

Two men with stubble and moustaches kissing representing an advertisement for the Northwest AIDS Foundation. Colour lithograph by Heath Printers.

A variety of Native Indian accessories and musical instruments with a warning to get children hooked on cultural pastimes rather than let them get involved in teen pregnancy, drugs and alcohol that can lead to AIDS or other sexually transmitted diseases; advertisement by the Seattle Indian Health Board. Colour lithograph by Stewart Tilger and Christine P. Salvador.

A Native American man offering a pink condom to a couple with a message to use condoms to avoid the spread of AIDS; advertisement by the Seattle Indian Health Board. Lithograph by Stewart Tilger and Christine P. Salvador.

The naked body of a child amidst empty bottles in a rubbish tip with a warning about the need to fight alcholism and AIDS. Colour lithograph by Shenoa Egawa Poster Designs, 1994, for the Seattle Indian Health Board.

Contagion and confinement : controlling tuberculosis along the skid road / Barron H. Lerner.

The plague and I / by Betty MacDonald.

The Bridge Clinic : medical, hospital, surgical : service plan for dependent wives and children of members of SUP-AFL, Seattle Branch.

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A Native American man offering a pink condom to a couple with a message to use condoms to avoid the spread of AIDS; advertisement by the Seattle Indian Health Board. Lithograph by Stewart Tilger and Christine P. Salvador.

A woman winks as she holds up a condom with the face of a man behind with numerous messages about condoms and how to use them; advertisement by the Seattle-King County Department of Public Health. Colour lithograph by Art Chantry.

Contagion and confinement : controlling tuberculosis along the skid road / Barron H. Lerner.

The plague and I / by Betty MacDonald.

The Bridge Clinic : medical, hospital, surgical : service plan for dependent wives and children of members of SUP-AFL, Seattle Branch.