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June 18th, 1886 is the birthday of English mountaineer George Mallory. His disappearance on that mountain in 1924 became one of the most celebrated mysteries of the 20th century. Mallory's body was discovered in 1999, though it is unknown if he reached the summit of Everest before dying. Thanks to tar-mairo1986 for posting these on the ClassicMale subreddit.
All photos taken by Vanessa Bell circa 1912 when Mallory would have been be 26. This is how he was described by Lytton Strachey (George had ...
Jack Thomas.....
ReplyDeleteJack Thomas....."Young Mr. America"
ReplyDeleteHis posing buddy's name is Jack Thomas. They posed together for many photos.
ReplyDeleteJack LaLanne is holding up Jack Thomas, photo by Russ Warner. This is one of the best pics of the two Jacks together (there are several others).
ReplyDelete"THIS is a hold up."
ReplyDeleteLalane went out of his way to suppress these photos when he started his TV exercise show.
ReplyDeleteSupposedly Jack Thomas 'left town' to protect Lalane's image while Russ Warner blackmailed Lalane with the photos,
eventually becoming Lalanes 'silent' business partner.
Its a beautiful photo, nothing to be ashamed of!
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