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TheArchiveShop.

New queer print, books, calendars, and objects—picked for the shelf, not scraped from a marketplace.

03 The Shop / Card catalog

Crotch 15 is here.

New issue, multiple covers. Pick your Crotch 15 man, then keep fingering through everything else we’ve got filed below.

NEW + NOW

NEW PRINT18 CALENDARS19 BOOKS1

WEAR + GIVE

APPAREL10 SUPPORT9 Rare PrintSOON
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ARCHIVE NOTE / 002

A SHELF IS
A STATEMENT.

Nothing here was made to be filed away. Stand it up, face it out, let it argue with the books next to it.

Shop the floor ↗
01 / STANDCOVER OUT02 / FACEWHERE GUESTS SIT03 / KEEPIN THE OPEN
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03Reading Room / Digital archive

AD / RR-01 AD / RR-02

L’Affaire65 pages · complete issue · online + PDF

AD—RR—01Members’ digital library

Read the
whole thing.

Complete vintage magazines, cover to cover, in high resolution. Read them online or take the PDF home. Members also get First Look at new objects before they hit the public shop.

  • 01Complete issuesEvery page, nothing cut
  • 02High-resDigitized whole, cover to cover
  • 03Web reader + PDFRead here or take it home
  • 04First LookNew objects before the public
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SHOP / THE BACKROOM

New in the
Backroom.

See the Backroom →
Original copies. One of each. Backroom titles are for adults.
04 / DADDY MERCH / WEAR THE ARCHIVE

DADDY
MERCH.

Shirts and hoodies from the archive, printed to order and shipped across the US and Canada.

SHOP ALL APPAREL →
▶  PLAYSPArchive Daddy  /  Home VideoTracking00:00:00
Original gay home videoFeatured tape / AD—VHS—001
Press play.Browse the tapes / Movie Night
04Archive Daddy Home Video / On tape

Movienight.

Original gay home video, catalogued as an object — graded and played end to end before it is listed. Not disposable media, and not a download.

Coming soon
01 / FORMATVHS · NTSC
02 / CONDITIONPlayed end to end
03 / PACKINGProtected in transit

02Field guide / Formats

Six
positions.

Six ways to read the shelf. Every format in the archive, and what makes it one. Flip a card.

Ref / 01Periodical / Numbered / Dated

Mandate / May 1979
Mandate / May 1979
Playguy / Vol. 6 No. 11
Playguy / Vol. 6 No. 11
01

SERIAL.

Flip it ↻

Ref / 01Field guide

SERIAL.

What it is
A recurring periodical released by issue, volume, or date.
Examples
Honcho, Playguy, Blueboy, Mandate, and other subscription-based magazines.
Open the drawer →

Flip back ↻

Ref / 02Photo story / Album / Image-led

Foldout
Foldout
Rivet
Rivet
02

PICTORIAL.

Flip it ↻

Ref / 02Field guide

PICTORIAL.

What it is
An image-led publication centered on one performer, studio, theme, or photographic narrative.
Examples
Performer albums, studio photo stories, themed albums, and single-subject portfolios.
Open the drawer →

Flip back ↻

Ref / 03Physique pictorial / Beefcake / Coded

Man Power! / Colt Studio
Man Power! / Colt Studio
Go Guys / Summer Quarterly
Go Guys / Summer Quarterly
03

PHYSIQUE.

Flip it ↻

Ref / 03Field guide

PHYSIQUE.

What it is
A beefcake-era magazine presenting male photography as bodybuilding, fitness, or art reference.
Examples
Physique Pictorial, Tomorrow’s Man, Grecian Guild Pictorial, and The Young Physique.
Open the drawer →

Flip back ↻

Ref / 04Annual / Best-of / One-shot

The Al Parker Album
The Al Parker Album
Pat Rocco Male Film Review
Pat Rocco Male Film Review
04

SPECIAL.

Flip it ↻

Ref / 04Field guide

SPECIAL.

What it is
An annual, special edition, best-of, or singular release complete on its own.
Examples
Annuals, best-of editions, holiday specials, and standalone one-shots.
Open the drawer →

Flip back ↻

Ref / 05Small format / 5½ × 8½ / Portable

Crotch / Issue 13
Crotch / Issue 13
Physique Pictorial / Vol. 15 No. 1
Physique Pictorial / Vol. 15 No. 1
05

DIGEST.

Flip it ↻

Ref / 05Field guide

DIGEST.

What it is
A compact publication defined by its physical size, usually around 5½ × 8½ inches.
Examples
BUTT, CROTCH, pocket-size physique titles, and compact reprints.
Drawer filling up

Flip back ↻

Ref / 06Transitory / Promotional / Scarce

Falcon / Mail-order form
Falcon / Mail-order form
06

EPHEMERA.

Flip it ↻

Ref / 06Field guide

EPHEMERA.

What it is
Brochures, studio catalogs, film programs, press sheets, mailers, and paper built to disappear.
Examples
Studio catalogs, film brochures, press sheets, mailers, flyers, and promotional stills.
Drawer filling up

Flip back ↻

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READ HARD. / KEEP PRINT IN CIRCULATION. / BUILD YOUR OWN QUEER ARCHIVE. / THE PAST BELONGS ON YOUR SHELF.

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Name the title, the studio, the man on the cover. Collections come through here constantly and most of it never makes the shop. If yours turns up, you hear before anyone else does.
ARCHIVE INTAKE / THREE WAYS IN

SELL IT. CONSIGN IT.
OR GIVE IT A HOME.

We buy collections outright, and we take them on consignment — real money for good material. Or donate it to the permanent collection, where it is catalogued, digitized for the Reading Room, kept for good, and lent to universities and queer nonprofits.
IF YOU DONATE
01
NEVER SOLD
02
KEPT TOGETHER
03
CATALOGUED IN YOUR NAME
04
DIGITIZED FOR MEMBERS
05
LENT TO UNIVERSITIES
06
WE PAY THE SHIPPING
Archive Daddy is not a 501(c)(3), so a gift here isn’t tax-deductible. We’d rather say that plainly up front. The point of this project isn’t a tax status — it is keeping visual queer history accessible to everyone.
What you get instead: it is catalogued under your name, digitized page by page, kept permanently, and read by members in the Reading Room.
Nothing donated is ever sold. That is the whole promise.