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An audience of people throwing handkerchiefs (containing money?) onto a stage where an itinerant medicine vendor has been successfully selling his wares. Engraving.

A man and a woman applying a handkerchief to a television set showing a sneezing man, to prevent the spread of coughs and colds. Colour lithograph after Allan Carter.

A man sneezing in a cinema, showing the use of handkerchiefs to prevent infectious diseases. Colour lithograph after H.M. Bateman, ca. 1951.

A man using a handkerchief to prevent the spread of coughs and colds to productive workers. Colour lithograph.

An episode in Tristram Shandy: Uncle Toby looks into Widow Wadman's eye, as she holds it open for him. Line engraving by L. Stocks(?) after C.R. Leslie, 1831.

The use of handkerchiefs to prevent flu and other diseases. Colour lithograph, ca. 1950 (?).

A woman coughing or sneezing without a handkerchief in a draper's shop. Lithograph after H.M. Bateman.

A woman coughing in a railway carriage. Lithograph after H.M. Bateman.

A woman coughing or sneezing without a handkerchief in an office with three other office workers. Lithograph after H.M. Bateman.

Photograph of a man sneezing and lettering urging the use of the handkerchief to prevent the spread of coughs and colds. Colour lithograph.

A knotted handkerchief suffering from a cold. Colour process print after Fougasse, 194-.

A man trying to catch germs in a handkerchief. Colour lithograph after Reginald Mount and Carl Giles.

A handkerchief trapped in a birdcage, representing the need to prevent the spread of germs by coughs and sneezes. Colour lithograph by D. Dekk, 1946.

Three stages in a man's sneezing, represented by the three phases of traffic lights. Colour lithograph.

The use of handkerchiefs to prevent against flu and other diseases. Colour lithograph, ca. 1950 (?).

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A knotted handkerchief suffering from a cold. Colour process print after Fougasse, 194-.

A man trying to catch germs in a handkerchief. Colour lithograph after Reginald Mount and Carl Giles.

A handkerchief trapped in a birdcage, representing the need to prevent the spread of germs by coughs and sneezes. Colour lithograph by D. Dekk, 1946.

Three stages in a man's sneezing, represented by the three phases of traffic lights. Colour lithograph.

The use of handkerchiefs to prevent against flu and other diseases. Colour lithograph, ca. 1950 (?).