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The Polaroid Calling Cards of Southern California Strip Clubs
Before social media, strippers in Southern California used Polaroid photos as calling cards. Taken on the spot and labelled by hand, these instant photographs offered autonomy, visibility, and control in a pre-digital nightlife economy.
Between Cane Fields and Concrete: Puerto Rico in the 1930s and 1940s
Between the Great Depression and World War II, Puerto Rico faced poverty, protest, reform, and reinvention. From New Deal experiments to political upheaval, the 1930s and 1940s quietly transformed the island’s future.
Japan on Glass: How Yokohama Photographs by Herbert Geddes Captured Everyday Life 1908 to 1918
Hand coloured glass plates from Yokohama show Japan between 1908 and 1918 in extraordinary clarity. Made for foreign visitors these luminous images capture labour family life and a society on the edge of modernity long before colour film existed.
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