2 triptychs.

 

Beauty contest between men in 1909 at a Copenhagen open-air gymnasium.

 

Vintage photograph of a well built and proud Frenchman, c. 1935.

 

Beach acrobatics.

 

Here's a photo of Vic Seipke by Douglas of Detroit that I recently came across. It fits in with a couple of others from a mega-post of Detroit Firefighter Seipke by Douglas of Detroit posted here last June. I'll try to post a link below for those who want to peruse that again or for the first time.

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David Tiano by Lon of NY

 

A rare photo of bodybuilder Leroy Colbert by Lon of New York.

 

Brothers Bud (top) and Gerard Lanter by Ferrero.

 

Muscle men on antique Stereoscope viewing cards.

 

Raul Pacheco by Lon of New York. The larger photo of him on the bottom was also posted on this blog September 19, 2023. Alonzo "Lon" Hanagan (December 20, 1911 – December 4, 1999) was an American physique photographer during the 1940s and 1950s. He was born in Lexington, Massachusetts.

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Here's another old eBay find I don't think ever made it onto the blog. (Morgan Hammond aka Rick O'Shea on the left with Jim Paris)

 

Southwest Photography Guild is all the ID I have on this picture found on eBay a while back. I'm going through some of my older finds from there because there aren't any new ones.

 

Bodybuilders Bob Delmonteque & Ray Bronk by Douglas of Detroit.

 

1883. Albert Londe. Motion study (animation) by French photographer Albert Londe (26 November 1858 – 11 September 1917.)

 

Helmut with shades and without.

 

I think this is a photo of Helmut Riedmeier and Gunter Hartwig from the same session as the one I posted a couple of days ago.

 

Bodybuilder Helmut Reidmeier always smiles in his photos. Here's a playful posing strap shot.

 

Part One: Joe Napoli and Tom Short posing and wrestling nude at AMG. Black and White film split into 2 parts to fit here.

 

Joe Napoli and Tom Short posing and wrestling nude at AMG Part 2. Black and White film split into 2 parts to fit here.

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Happy winter solstice guys! Here's some more photos of Bob Delmonteque including one more posed as a saintly martyr.