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  • Rubber beauty masks, worn to remove wrinkles and blemishes; modelled by two women at a typewriter. Photograph, ca. 1921.
  • Dot : 3 préservatifs Okamoto / Fabriqué par: Okamoto Rubber Products Co., Ltd., Thailand ; distribution et représentation légale: Okeho SAS, France.
  • Dot : 3 préservatifs Okamoto / Fabriqué par: Okamoto Rubber Products Co., Ltd., Thailand ; distribution et représentation légale: Okeho SAS, France.
  • The Matterhorn wearing a pink condom; a safe sex advertisement for condoms produced by The Hot Rubber Company (Zürich). Colour lithograph.
  • Artificial right hand, Aluminium with hard rubber cover. From Aberdeen Hospital, Scotland.
  • Artificial right hand, aluminium with hard rubber cover, from Aberdeen Hospital, Scotland.
  • Artificial right hand, Aluminium with hard rubber cover. From Aberdeen Hospital, Scotland.
  • Artificial right hand, Aluminium with hard rubber cover. From Aberdeen Hospital, Scotland.
  • The body of a naked man covered in a transparent veil holding a condom packet bearing the logo of The Hot Rubber Company near his genitals; a safe sex advertisement by the Hot Rubber Company Deutschland, [a department of the Deutschen AIDS-Hilfe e.V]. Lithograph by Vincent von Ballmoos.
  • The rear jeans pocket of a man with a packet labelled "The hot rubber" and a toothbrush with the message 'who stays overnight ...' in German; an advertisement for AIDS counselling services available in Leipzig and Hot Rubber condoms for gay men. Colour lithograph.
  • The naked bodies of two men with a box of condoms and lubricant; advertising safe sex with The Hot Rubber Company products. Colour lithograph.
  • A man's buttock with an eagle tattoo above a sticker bearing the logo of The Hot Rubber Company; advertisement for safe sex. Lithograph, 199-.
  • Syringes with bulbs of natural rubber. These bulbs were made from rubber bottles made by the Indians of S. America and imported to Europe at the end of 18th or beginning of 19th century.
  • India rubber urinal for railway travellers, invalids etc.; winner of the Great Exhibition prize medal 1851.
  • Packets of condoms and a tube of lubricant bearing the trademark label 'The Hot Rubber℗' next to a man's boxer shorts, a pair of sunglasses and gold cufflinks, chain and a belt bearing the letter 'h'; with the message: 'The intimate new pleasure line for men' in French'; an advertisement for safe sex by The Hot Rubber Company, makers of condoms. Colour lithograph.
  • Packets of condoms and a tube of lubricant bearing the trademark label 'The Hot Rubber℗' next to a man's boxer shorts, a pair of sunglasses and gold cufflinks, chain and a belt bearing the letter 'h'; with the message: 'The intimate new line for the man' in German'; an advertisement for safe sex by The Hot Rubber Company, makers of condoms. Colour lithograph.
  • An empty wine glass tipped over with streamers and multi-coloured confetti and packets of Hot Rubber condoms and the message 'Für die tollen tage' [[condoms] for the great day]; a warning about safe sex by the condom makers, the Hot Rubber Company Deutschland, a department of the Deutschen AIDS-Hilfe e.V. Colour lithograph by Detlev Pusch, ca. 1995.
  • A man's back pocket with a teddy bear and the word 'Bärenstark" [strapping] printed in blue; a safe sex advertisement by the condom makers, The Hot Rubber Company. Colour lithograph.
  • A man's back pocket with a teddy bear and the word 'Bärenstark" [strapping] printed in blue; a safe sex advertisement by the condom makers, The Hot Rubber Company. Colour lithograph.
  • A woman holding a pink condom up sits in a shiny black rubber dress on the lap of a bare-chested man wearing chequered trousers; with the message: 'You thought rubber was so sexy,surely?"; an advertisement for safe sex by Stichting soa-bestrijding, Utrecht. Colour lithograph.
  • Three pink naked men stand holding their hands together with leaves covering their genitals; advertising The Hot Rubber Company (Zürich), makers of condoms. Colour lithograph by Pfeffer und Salz, ca. 1992.
  • Ideal Home Exhibition, England, 1920: a rubber baby being used to demonstrate feeding methods, watched by two boys. Photograph, 1920.
  • Stethoscope with rubber ring as percussor. A grooved, but ring missing, B grooved, but ring missing, Burrows, Arnold, circa 1895
  • [Red Cross Message Bureau message form used on 9 June 1943, rubber-stamped several times, sending a message bewtween Oldham and Guernsey].
  • [Red Cross Message Bureau message form used on 9 June 1943, rubber-stamped several times, sending a message bewtween Oldham and Guernsey].
  • A Brazilian rubber tree (Hevea Brasiliensis), its flower and fruit segments bordered by six scenes illustrating its use by man. Coloured lithograph, c. 1840.
  • Stabilarsan veterinary : supplied in 10 c.c. rubber-capped vials containing 1.28% w/v As2O2... / Boots Pure Drug Co. Ltd.
  • Stabilarsan veterinary : supplied in 10 c.c. rubber-capped vials containing 1.28% w/v As2O2... / Boots Pure Drug Co. Ltd.
  • An ill man throwing a tantrum and a hot-water bottle after hearing his rubber shares have gone down. Process print after S. Wood, 1912.
  • A baby's dummy (pacifier) and a condom beside a packet of Stimorol chewing gum representing useful products all made from 'rubber'; advertising condoms. Colour lithograph.