Six Blank Note Cards Reproducing Black-and-White Male Nudes

Note cards reproducing black-and-white photographs of muscular Asian, Black, Latine and White men in their 20s and 30s, all shot against blank studio backdrops by San Francisco pho­to­grapher Frank "Franco" Tarsitano (although no photographer's credit appears).

Five of the cards show nude or semi-nude men individually or in groups. One shows a pair of men kissing; both are wearing U.S. Navy uniforms. Tarsitano published the cards under the Q Cards imprint of his Ram Studios Photo­graphy business.

Three cards of the cards include original blank envelopes and are in original mylar sleeves sealed with a neon orange label from Wild Card, a gay gift shop that operated in San Francisco's Castro District from 1996 to 2018; one also features a smaller white Wild Card logo label. All three have vintage price stickers from the shop on the sleeves.

Card series nos. 0106, 0109, 0115, 0123, 0128 & 0131.