Working Girls

The collection features the private photographs of William Goldman, showcasing women who lived and worked in a Reading, Pennsylvania brothel around 1892. This unique body of work, created two decades prior to the renowned E. J. Bellocq's Storyville images, offers an artistic glimpse into the lives of these women. As the earliest known photographic documentation of this subject in the U.S., it reveals a deep appreciation for their experiences, now finally being recognized and celebrated.