Today will be the third of a continuing series of posts showcasing the more artistic work of Pat Milo. We start with Larry Zofe and a square stick of lumber.
Vintage Muscle Men
Showcasing vintage male photography, mostly nude. You must be 18 years of age or older to visit this blog! If you hold a copyright on any material shown on this blog, notify me, and it will be removed immediately.
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Friday, July 5, 2024
Max Yardley
The Mid-Century Modern screen is a nice touch in this photo of Max Yardley that I first
posted almost six years ago. I had to bring it back for this Milo Artistry set.
Robert Rex
If I'm being honest, I will have to say that I don't particularly like Robert Rex's looks.
When photographed just right by Pat Milo, however, that opinion changes.
Tom Cerelli
I really like the geometry of the white and black sections of the set Pat Milo
used here to photograph Tom Cerelli. That lighting is pretty good as well.
Thursday, July 4, 2024
Nudist Sporting Day
Today we'll look at ten different nudist sporting efforts,
starting with this guy bouncing on a trampoline.
Badminton
I've visited Indonesia half a dozen times, and badminton seems to be a national sports obsession there. This American nudist plays it and seems to be reaching out for something.
Ping pong
We actually had a PE teacher in high school who made us play ping pong, except
he called it table tennis. Someone complained about the lack of real exercise,
so he dropped it and made us play dodgeball as punishment for complaining..
Shuffleboard
If my completely unscientific survey of vintage nudist magazines, shuffleboard was second only to volleyball in its popularity among Amercan nudists. And if you're wondering why there are no volleyball photos in today's series, it's because I'm giving them their own day later.
Darts
Here's some advice from a world traveler. Do NOT try to tell an English
pub denizen that darts is not a sport. No good will come of it.
Odd Paddleball
Colin Kenny took this photo of Birgo getting ready for a "hard service." Let your minds run wild with that one, but I want to know what wierd sort of paddleball this is. The photo is Australian.
Horseshoes
Our last nudist sport is horseshoes, something most of you probably didn't know has a professional league with cash prizes that you can see on ESPN. I'm sure this guy was strictly amateur.
Wednesday, July 3, 2024
Bath House Day Triple Feature, Part 1 - Turkish Hammam
Today I'm posting a triple feature on bath houses. The Romans are said to have invented the
concept of public bathing facilities, but there is some archaeological evidence they might have
been around even longer than that. In part one, we look at the Turkish hammam, a type of facility
that closely approximates the Roman. These photos came to me undated, but some
of the details make me think they are several decades old.
As for sexual activity in hammams, the official line is that it is not allowed, but according to a 2019 travel blogger, "I received assurances from my hotel concierge, the taxi driver, and the guy at the front desk that this place was absolutely not a gay bath house. After twenty minutes, the groans emanating from the dark corners convinced me that their definition of gay differed from mine. I can only imagine what the hammams advertised as gay might be like."
That look
I've stared at this for half an hour, and I still can't figure out the look on this guy's face.
Of course, first I had to stop and look at those lovely rumps.
Bath House Day, Part 2 - Gay Baths
Part two of out triple feature goes gay. From the earliest days of public baths, men have
engaged in sexual activity with each other on site. One example would be the Everard Baths
of New York City, which was notorious for such as early as the late 19th Century. By the 1960s,
bath houses operated by and for gays sprang up in nearly every large American city.
Not long after, bath house porn began to appear.
VHS
In the late 1970s when VHS and Beta video recording became available, lots of small time operators got into the porn film business. This is an early example in black and white of a bath house video,
and this screen grab is about as good quality wise as the original
And finally . . . Going or coming
This undated gay bath house scene features a shower right in the locker area.
I cant tell if the guy at left is coming in or going out.
Bath House Day, Part 3 - The English
Part three of Bath House Day takes us to England. As London and other English cities became more crowded during the Industrial Revolution, hygenic concerns led to the construction of public bath houses as early as 1842. They ranged from the very simple and utilitarian in working class neighborhoods to posh facilities at gentlemen's clubs. The scene above from 1900 is the shampooing room at the Jermyn Street Turkish Bath in London which was built to resemble a hammam. Apparently, this was a middle class establishment, and a contemporary description went:
"Then one is conducted to the shampooing room, and whilst reposing on a marble slab, one is massaged by light-handed attendants. That process is followed by a series of brushes and different soaps; and after a variety of shower douches and a plunge into cold water, the bath is complete. A sojourn in a lofty cooling room, a quiet smoke, or a light meal, and one sallies forth to a new being. A visit to the gallery of the attendant hairdressers makes perfection more perfect."
Royal Pioneer Corps, 1940
After a particulary heavy air raid on London during the Blitz in 1940, soldiers of the Royal Pioneer Corps were called in to help clear rubble from key transport corridors and facilities. For respite from their backbreaking labor, they were treated to a day at a bath house in an undamaged part of the city. What a fine looking group of men with a variety of ages!
Bolton
This interesting group of fellows is relaxing at the Great Moor Street Baths of Bolton in 1975.
There's at least one tease in the group.
Poplar, East End
Our last bath house triple feature photos is from the "relaxation room" of the Poplar Baths in the East End of London. The place was still going strong when this photo was made in 1987.
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