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  • The use of handkerchiefs to prevent flu and other diseases. Colour lithograph, ca. 1950 (?).
  • The use of handkerchiefs to prevent against flu and other diseases. Colour lithograph, ca. 1950 (?).
  • A man sneezing in a cinema, showing the use of handkerchiefs to prevent infectious diseases. Colour lithograph after H.M. Bateman, ca. 1951.
  • A man sneezing in a cinema, showing the use of handkerchiefs to prevent infectious diseases. Colour lithograph after H.M. Bateman, ca. 1951.
  • An audience of people throwing handkerchiefs (containing money?) onto a stage where an itinerant medicine vendor has been successfully selling his wares. Engraving.
  • A man sneezing in a canteen while queuing for food, urging the use of handkerchiefs to prevent infectious diseases. Colour lithograph after R. Mount ca. 1950.
  • Handkerchief printed with a map of London. Engraving, 1820/1843.
  • A handkerchief being blown away by a sneeze. Colour lithograph, 1946.
  • A Bulgarian female acrobat performing contortions with a handkerchief in her mouth.
  • A naked woman walking up steps waving a handkerchief. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • A police "Wanted" notice for a man sneezing without a handkerchief. Colour lithograph after Keith Monk.
  • Lettering urging the use of the handkerchief to prevent the spread of coughs and colds. Lithograph.
  • Lettering urging the use of the handkerchief to prevent the spread of coughs and colds. Lithograph.
  • A police "Wanted" notice for a man sneezing without a handkerchief. Colour lithograph after Keith Monk.
  • A man covering his mouth with a handkerchief, walking through a smoggy London street. Coloured aquatint.
  • Lettering urging the use of the handkerchief to prevent the spread of coughs and colds. Colour lithograph.
  • A man trying to catch germs in a handkerchief. Colour lithograph after Reginald Mount and Carl Giles.
  • A woman coughing or sneezing without a handkerchief in a draper's shop. Lithograph after H.M. Bateman.
  • A man using a handkerchief to prevent the spread of coughs and colds to productive workers. Colour lithograph.
  • The hand of an American sailor about to pick up a lace handkerchief representing venereal disease. Colour lithograph, 1948.
  • A clothed woman walking and bending to lift a handkerchief with her right hand. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • A clothed woman picks up a basket then carries a parasol and waves a handkerchief. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • A clothed woman mounts steps, another picks up a handkerchief, a third walks then runs. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • A naked woman walks up and down steps carrying small objects and waves a handkerchief. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • Portrait of W.G. Grace in a commemorative handkerchief to celebrate 100 centuries in first class cricket, issued 1895 (?)
  • A woman coughing or sneezing without a handkerchief in an office with three other office workers. Lithograph after H.M. Bateman.
  • A clothed woman tries to catch a falling handkerchief then picks it up from the ground. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • Czar Alexander of Russia offers his handkerchief as bandage to a man rescued from drowning. Stipple engraving by J. Girtin, 1806.
  • A naked woman pours from a jug, kneels to a praying position and picks up a handkerchief. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • Photograph of a man sneezing and lettering urging the use of the handkerchief to prevent the spread of coughs and colds. Colour lithograph.