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  • Watercolour of a house in Zurich, Switzerland by Lister
  • Ragaz health resort, Zürich, Switzerland: panoramic view. Aquatint.
  • A girl with tuberculosis appealing for funds for a sanatorium for tuberculous children in Zürich. Colour lithograph after H.C. Ulrich, 1905.
  • Cherry blossom and falling leaves, representing spring and autumn respectively, with box of Aspro pills for use in those seasons. Colour lithograph, 1957.
  • Four rows of washing lines on which coloured condoms are hung against a black background, advertising safe sex. Colour lithograph by Marco Pellanda, 1992, for Wizard & Genius-Idealdecor.
  • An elephant wearing a condom on its raised trunk runs across a desert; advertising safe sex. Colour lithograph by M. Westrup for Wizard & Genius-Idealdecor AG, 1993.
  • 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; advertisement for Hot Rubber condoms for gay men. Colour lithograph.
  • A cap in which is slotted a condom packet bearing the logo 'The Hot Rubber Black' with the words in German: 'bizarre, erotic: the new black'; a safe sex advertisement for condoms produced by The Hot Rubber Company (Zürich). Colour lithograph.
  • A woman in a blue shirt with blond hair talks to a man in a green shirt who raises his finger to his mouth as if in thought with speech bubbles; a crowd of men and women stand around in the background discussing AIDS issues; an advertisement for the 'Jugend-Telefon für AIDS-Fragen' [an AIDS helpline for youths] by AIDS-Hilfe Zürich (Zürcher). Colour lithograph by Larry.
  • 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 naked bodies of two men with a box of condoms and lubricant; advertising safe sex with The Hot Rubber Company products. Colour lithograph.
  • A naked man drying himself with a towel in a public shower with two packets of condoms and a tube of lubricant bearing the logo of The Hot Rubber Company; a safe sex advertisement for condoms produced by The Hot Rubber Company (Zürich). Colour lithograph.
  • A man's back pocket with a toothbrush and a condom bearing the logo of The Hot Rubber Company printed in blue; a safe sex advertisement by the condom makers, 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.
  • 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.
  • Two faces beside the dial of a telephone bearing the helpline number '01 461 08 00' representing an advertisement for the support group 'Arbeitsgruppe Frau und AIDS' for women with AIDS by the AIDS-Hilfe Zürich. Colour lithograph by M. Fischer.
  • 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.
  • Chemistry laboratory at the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH), Zürich. Photograph, ca. 1930.
  • Chemistry laboratory at the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH), Zürich. Photograph, ca. 1930.
  • Chemistry laboratory at the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH), Zürich. Photograph, ca. 1930.
  • Chemistry laboratory at the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH), Zürich. Photograph, ca. 1930.
  • Chemistry laboratory at the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH), Zürich. Photograph, ca. 1930.
  • Chemistry laboratory at the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH), Zürich. Photograph, ca. 1930.
  • An extraordinary birth.
  • A bare-chested man against a brick wall wearing sadomasochism gear including leather trousers, a leather jacket, a leather belt across his chest, a pierced nipple and a belt bearing an eagle logo; with the message in German: ''randy on safer sex'; an advertisement for safer hard sex by the AIDS-Hilfe Schweiz, sponsored by Loge 70 Schweiz. Colour lithograph by Hans Wilner.
  • A man holding a bunch of condoms as balloons as another man with a heart above his head does a double take at a glamorous woman passing by above; with diagrams on how AIDS is not contracted along the bottom; an advertisement for safe sex by the OFfice of Federal Health and Swiss AIDS Foundation. Colour lithograph by Birez [?].
  • A man sits on a stone looking miserable as he looks up at a broken heart above his head; another man sings with a microphone as a woman holding a handbag looks back; with diagrams on how AIDS is not contracted; an advertisement for safe sex by the Office of Federal Health and Swiss AIDS Foundation. Colour lithograph by Birez [?].
  • A couple hold hands at a table with a heart, stars and the moon above them; with diagrams on how AIDS is not contracted along the bottom; an advertisement for safe sex by the OFfice of Federal Health and Swiss AIDS Foundation. Colour lithograph by Birez.
  • A man crawls on all fours towards a gambling dice bearing hearts as a glamorous woman holding a bag looks on; with diagrams on how AIDS is not contracted along the bottom; an advertisement for safe sex by the OFfice of Federal Health and Swiss AIDS Foundation. Colour lithograph by Birez.
  • The front view of two naked men, one with his arms folded, the other with his arms around the other with the message in German: 'Safer sex - safe for both'; an advertisement for safe sex by the AIDS-Hilfe Schweiz, AIDS Suisse Contre le SIDA and Aiuto AIDS Svizzero. Lithograph, 1990.