Two black women hold a washing line to which condoms are pegged; advertising safe sex and AIDS prevention. Lithograph.

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<p>Presumably the washing line was intended only as a means to display the different types of condoms. It could not have meant that the women had washed the condoms, as the wear and tear of washing and handling would have made the condoms unsafe</p>

Two black women hold a washing line to which condoms are pegged; advertising safe sex and AIDS prevention. Lithograph.

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