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Finding Gender Affirming Services in the Phone Booth

December 6, 2021

Olivia VF Chaudhury, Class of 2022, MA Historic Preservation Planning These three cards (click to zoom in), used to advertise gender affirming services, were displayed in...

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1990s
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Gender And Sexuality
LGBTQ
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Cher HIV/AIDS public health campaign

Celebrity Capital and Public Health Campaigns

November 30, 2021

Claudia León, Class of 2023, American Studies & Latino Studies/History In 1987, the New York State Health Department released these posters as part of a larger campaign...

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Activism
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Gender And Sexuality
LGBTQ
Music
Public Health
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Green Duck Political Pamphlet

“Let Green Duck Come To The Aid Of The Party”

November 14, 2021

David Marantes, Class of 2022, Government and History The Green Duck Company was established in 1906 by George G Greenburg and Henry J Duckgeischel The two were coworkers at...

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1960s
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Flyers
Politics
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A promotional map for a course in Esperanto offered at Nimegen in the Netherlands, probably in 1930.

“Who Wants to Change the World, Must First Learn Esperanto!”

September 20, 2021

Frances Gregor, Class of 2023, Architecture This 1930s poster advertises a 6-month Esperanto course at the Esperanto Center in Nijmegen, Netherlands The title and map are...

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Linguistics
Maps
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