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Carnivals

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  • A yellow butterfly representing part of a message that life goes on after the Trinidad Carnival; a safe-sex advertisement by the National AIDS Programme of Trinidad and Tobago. Colour lithograph by Illya Furlonge-Walker, ca. 1995.
  • Royal North Woolwich Gardens ... : W. Holland's grand carnival benefit on Monday, August 23rd, Tuesday, 24 & Wednesday 25, 1875. This is the event of the season!.
  • Bartholomew fair in London represented as a place where crowds of people watch entertainments inspired by the devil, and indulge in drunkenness and fighting; demons incite them to crime. Etching by George Cruikshank, 1832.
  • Coloured condoms and streamers representing the carnival in Brazil; an advertisement for safe sex to prevent AIDS by the Ministério de Saude Programa Nacional de Controle das DST/AIDS. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.
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Catalogue

    • Books

    "Help your hospital!" : carnival Sep 10-17 1938 / West Bromwich & District Hospital.

    West Bromwich & District Hospital | Date: 1938
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    Coloured condoms and streamers representing the carnival in Brazil; an advertisement for safe sex to prevent AIDS by the Ministério de Saude Programa Nacional de Controle das DST/AIDS. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.

    | Date: [1995?] | Reference: 679244i
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    Freak show : presenting human oddities for amusement and profit / Robert Bogdan.

    Bogdan, Robert. | Date: 1988
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    Ilfracombe Hospital carnival commences August 21st, 1939 : official programme.

    | Date: 1939
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    A yellow butterfly representing part of a message that life goes on after the Trinidad Carnival; a safe-sex advertisement by the National AIDS Programme of Trinidad and Tobago. Colour lithograph by Illya Furlonge-Walker, ca. 1995.

    | Date: [1995?] | Reference: 679023i
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