Stories
- Article
Dial ‘S’ for sex
In pre-internet days, phone boxes became a patchwork of ‘tart cards’ offering sexual services. Find out about the clandestine world they hint at.
- Article
The poor child’s nurse
Charming family scenes in Victorian ads for children’s medicines were at odds with some of the dangerous ingredients they contained.
- In pictures
The post-war adverts that tried to cure lonely women
Isolated housewives, lonely female office workers: while the 1950s saw the birth of a general concern about them, manufacturers also spotted an opportunity. Find out how advertising promised that products could salve solitude.
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Busting myths about turkey-baster babies
The popular idea of sex-free, turkey-baster-led conception has been around since the 1970s. Christine Ro goes beyond the utensils drawer to find out if it’s ever really happened.
Catalogue
- Books
Printing reproduction pocket pal.
Date: [1966?]- Pictures
- Online
A bungee cord is compared to the rubber of a condom, both representing life-savers; part of the Alberta HIV/AIDS prevention campaigns for young adults. Lithograph by Clint Adam Smyth and Ad Design.
Date: [between 1900 and 1999]Reference: 668169i- Pictures
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The coast of a land mass with sea viewed from above; advertising an international exhibition of AIDS posters. Colour lithograph by Intégral Ruedi Baur et Associés.
Intégral Ruedi Baur & associés.Date: [between 1990 and 1999]Reference: 672605i- Archives and manuscripts
Advertising
Date: 1985-1993Reference: SA/ASH/T/5/34Part of: Action on Smoking and Health (ASH)- Archives and manuscripts
Medical Women's Federation
Medical Womens' FederationDate: 1879-1988Reference: SA/MWF