‘Monuments of a disappearing past': moody midwestern nights
Robin Bailey, White Front Cafe – Toronto, Ohio, 2024 Photograph: Robin Bailey
Front Street, Brooklyn, Iowa, 2023, population: 1,502 Photograph: Jim Hill
Town-Topic Hamburgers – Kansas City, Missouri, 2024 Photograph: Robin Bailey
Joey's Meatcutter's Inn, Eastside, Detroit, Michigan, 2017 Photograph: Dave Jordano
Scale House, Cabery, Illinois, 2022, population 226 Photograph: Jim Hill
Notorious RBG – Dubuque, Iowa, 2024 Photograph: Robin Bailey
Mike's House, Eastside, Detroit, Michigan, 2020 Photograph: Dave Jordano
Brent's Place, Michigan Ave, Westside, Detroit, Michigan, 2016
Photograph: Dave Jordano
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