Corn, Stop AIDS poster

Item Overview

Title

Corn, Stop AIDS poster

Alternative title

Stop AIDS

Place of Origin

[Zurich (Switzerland)]

Publisher

AIDS-Hilfe Schweiz

Language

English

Collection

AIDS Posters Collection

Notes

Description

Part of "Stop AIDS" campaign.

Physical Description

Dimensions

51 x 71 cm. (20 x 28 in.)

Condition note

Depicts a corn cob as a symbolic representation of an erect penis. Corn silk coming out of cobb is discolored and old, representing a disease. Poster suggests the danger of unprotected sex (ejaculation) in the transmission of AIDS.

Keywords

Genre

posters

Location

Switzerland

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome--prevention & control
Penis
Sex
AIDS (Disease)--Prevention
Corn--California--Los Angeles