Nine posters promoting the benefits of sexual abstinence and warnings about the importance of condoms and safe sex by the National AIDS Stategy, Health Canada. Lithograph.

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[between 1900 and 1999] :
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668121i
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Nine posters promoting the benefits of sexual abstinence and warnings about the importance of condoms and safe sex by the National AIDS Stategy, Health Canada. Lithograph. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Ottawa (1565 Carling, Suite 400, Ottawa, ON, K1Z 8R1) : National Aids Clearing House, Canadian Public Health Association, [between 1900 and 1999] : ([U.S.A.] : Photo Search Ltd : Greg Gerla/West 11th Photography : AdDesign)

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1 print : lithograph ; sheet 43.1 x 27.9 cm

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You don't have to be famous ... you only have to be human ... Warning: sex with individuals like myself will be the leading cause of premature death due to AIDS for over four million women by the year 2000. Poster top left: You don't have to be famous you only have to be human ... Its funny how democratic a disease can be ... abstinence remains an option ... This message was created as part of a province-wide HIV/AIDS prevention campaign for young adults. For more information call the Provincial AIDS Program ... Poster top centre: "to die for ... Young women are dying never forget it ... Advertisement created by Palmer Jarvis Communications. Abstinence remains an option Poster top right: "Would you trade the rest of your life for two minutes* of ecstasy? ... Continental PR Communications ... Photo Rod Newbery/PhotoSearch Ltd." Poster middle left: "If you're dressed to kill, make sure he's dressed not to ... Abstinence remains an option. Creative > Alberta Advertising Agencies Association Photography > Greg Gerla/West 11th Photography" Poster middle centre: "Are you good in bed? Good question. Thanks to AIDS, being good in bed is a matter of life and death ... So, are you good in bed? This ad prepared by Ogilvy & Mather West" Poster middle right: "love insists ... Abstinence remains an option. This message was created by Jackie Bagley ... Provincial AIDS Program ..." Poster bottom left: "More women are buying menswear. It's not taboo. It's smart. More women are buying condoms because they can prevent the spread of HIV ... Abstinence remains an option. Creative > Parallel Strategies Inc. Photography > Greg Gerla/West 11th Photography" Poster bottom centre: "This is a huge bungee cord. It's made of rubber, and it will save your life when you take that adrenaline-pumping plunge into the great unknown. This is a condom ... Concept by Young & Rubicam Advertising, Calgary. Photo by Clint Adam Smyth Production by AdDesign" Poster bottom right: "If you're male, have more than one sexual partner and don't use condoms, we suggest you attach this to the front of your pants: Warning sex with individuals ... year 2000 ... space filled by MBL/BBDO (Alberta) ..."

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Rod Newbery ©Rod Newbery/PhotoSearch Ltd 1996 poster by Continental PR photography by Rod Newbury 08/09/2008 Canada UkLW Transcription from the item
Jackie Bagley Clint Adam Smyth Provincial AIDS Program Palmer Jarvis Communications Continental PR Communications Alberta Advertising Agencies Association Greg Gerla/West 11th Photography Ogilvy and Mather West Parallel Strategies Young & Rubicam Advertising, Calgary MBO/BBDO (Alberta) ©Rod Newbery/PhotoSearch Ltd 1996 poster by Continental PR photography by Rod Newbury; Jackie Bagley created poster 'abstinence remains an option'; poster by Young & Rubicam Advertising photo by Clint Adam-Smyth 08/09/2008 Canada UkLW Transcription from the item

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Wellcome Collection 668121i

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