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Women attending the theatre in Buenos Aires are wearing very large, ornate head dresses, which makes it very difficult for men to talk to them. Lithograph by C.H. Bacle, 1834.

Yellow fever in Buenos Aires, 1871. Oil painting by Juan Manuel Blanes.

A woman is walking down the street in Buenos Aires wearing a very large head dress which is knocking people over and poking them in the eye. Lithograph by C.H. Bacle.

A man in Buenos Aires is holding on to the skirts of a woman as she is being blown away by the wind that has caught in her large head dress. Lithograph by C.H. Bacle.

A man in Buenos Aires is knocking down the wall of a house so that a woman wearing a very large head dress can get out. Lithograph by C.H. Bacle.

An exasperated looking figure holding a lead with a dog beside him representing a man looking for information on the HIV virus; an advertisement for the 1st AIDS Prevention Manual/Guide for teachers and health promoters by the Fundacion R.E.D. Colour lithograph by Fontanarrosa, ca. 1995.

El Jardín botánico de Buenos Aires / por Carlos Thays.

Historia de las epidemias de Buenos Aires / por Nicolás Besio Moreno.

Los betlemitas en Buenos Aires : convento, economía y sociedad (1748-1822) / Carlos Alberto Mayo.

Dispensario Central Antituberculoso "Maria Ferrer", Buenos Aires: chaises longues for tuberculosis patients on the sun terrace. Photograph, 1945.

Escena de la peste de 1871 en Buenos Aires : cuadro original del artista oriental Don Juan Manuel Blanes.

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Buenos Aires

Images from the collections

Images referencing Buenos Aires

Works from the collections

El Jardín botánico de Buenos Aires / por Carlos Thays.

Historia de las epidemias de Buenos Aires / por Nicolás Besio Moreno.

Los betlemitas en Buenos Aires : convento, economía y sociedad (1748-1822) / Carlos Alberto Mayo.

Dispensario Central Antituberculoso "Maria Ferrer", Buenos Aires: chaises longues for tuberculosis patients on the sun terrace. Photograph, 1945.

Escena de la peste de 1871 en Buenos Aires : cuadro original del artista oriental Don Juan Manuel Blanes.

Buenos Aires

Images from the collections

Images referencing Buenos Aires

Works from the collections

El Jardín botánico de Buenos Aires / por Carlos Thays.

Historia de las epidemias de Buenos Aires / por Nicolás Besio Moreno.

Los betlemitas en Buenos Aires : convento, economía y sociedad (1748-1822) / Carlos Alberto Mayo.

Dispensario Central Antituberculoso "Maria Ferrer", Buenos Aires: chaises longues for tuberculosis patients on the sun terrace. Photograph, 1945.

Escena de la peste de 1871 en Buenos Aires : cuadro original del artista oriental Don Juan Manuel Blanes.

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