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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 ...
I'm surprised to see a Mr. America posing stripped. Weren't they supposed to promote "wholesome American values?". He is a total stunner, though, and it's good to see he was not ashamed of being male.
ReplyDeleteThat is one beautiful man
ReplyDeleteNOW there's a MAN.
ReplyDeleteKeith placed 6th at the 1951 Mr America contest and 6th again at the 1952 Mr California contest.
ReplyDeleteThe calibre of those contestants must have been very high for him to only place 6th. Maybe the judges knew he had posed nude and they held that against him. Then again, maybe Mr Stephan wouldn't "put-out" for one of them.
There are pictures of some physique contests of the 40s & 50s with some of the judges ogling the bodybuilders.
One in particular of a judge literally standing on the judges table, ogling a bodybuilder and ready to pounce.
-Rj/IE
L'avant-dernier ideal de la beaute masculine. Physique fort et bein forme, beau visage et un magnetisme sexuel qui ne peut etre nie. Keith Stephan est une legende de la culture physique et de la photographie physique.
ReplyDelete-Beau Mec a Deauville