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Traffic signs and signals

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  • Three stages in a man's sneeze, linked to the three phases of traffic lights. Colour lithograph.
  • Traffic lights with three condoms (red, yellow and green) for lights; representing protection against AIDS. Colour lithograph after M. Kolvenbach and G. Meyer, 199-.
  • Three stages in a man's sneezing, represented by the three phases of traffic lights. Colour lithograph.
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    Three stages in a man's sneezing, represented by the three phases of traffic lights. Colour lithograph.

    | Date: [between 1900 and 1999] | Reference: 24427i
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    A traffic sign with a skull and crossbones, and directions to the criminal courts, the cemetery and the hospital; warning against careless driving. Colour lithograph after E. Keiser, 195--.

    Keiser, Ernst, 1894-1960. | Date: [between 1950 and 1959?] | Reference: 5144i
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    Traffic lights with three condoms (red, yellow and green) for lights; representing protection against AIDS. Colour lithograph after M. Kolvenbach and G. Meyer, 199-.

    Bundeszentrale für Gesundheitliche Aufklärung (Germany) | Date: [between 1990 and 1999?] | Reference: 665748i
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    Nine lives : but we have only one / produced in the interests of road safety by Shell-Mex and B.P. Ltd ; in association with the Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation.

    | Date: [1956]
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    Road safety: as pedestrians cross the road on a zebra crossing, both they and a waiting driver use handsignals to indicate their intentions. Colour lithograph, 1962.

    | Date: [1962] | Reference: 575740i
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