19th Century Miscellany

Today's series is an assortment of 19th Century photos.  We start with 

a handsome fellow whose photographer is unknown, as is he.

 

Loincloth

I know a few of you viewers who fancy men in loincloths, and this fellow 

should fit the bill.  I have to say I'm quite taken with that bulge.

 

Marconi

I found this Marconi in a stray file folder, and I'm too lazy at the moment 

to look up whether I've posted it befor.  In any case, here it is.

 

Igout

This one is by Louis Igout.

 

Hermann Heid I

Hermann Heid was a late 19th Century Austrian whose work is often confused with that of Louis Igout.  This is mainly because a publisher in Paris issued a volume of artists' studies that had the work of both men mixed up without attribution.  This one could go either way, imho.

 

Gerard Levy, Two Views

I don't know if these two photos are by Gerard Levy or of him.

My source just had the name attached and nothing else.

 

Bushmaster

I've looked at a lot of photos of naked men over the years,

and this may be the most impressive bush of all.

 

Charles Eisenmann

Charles Eisenmann took this picture of a carnival strong man in profile.

 

Muscular Recline

I don't know why, but I find the muscles here a bit surprising for a reclining pose.

 

Hermann Heid II

I first posted this about seven years ago, and I didn't know the photographer at the time, 

although I had seen it attributed to both Igout and Max Koch.  Turns out to be by Hermann Heid, 

as verified  by a couple of major European universities.

 

Russ Warner Quarterly Series

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Ray Harper

I recently found this "new" photo of Ray Harper,

a model who has appeared  here in the past.

 

Charles Berendo

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Giroux and Norton

Russ Warner posed Armand Giroux and Joe Norton

back to back against a Classical column.

 

Unknown I

This is the first of two unknown (to me) models in today's series.

 

Irwin Koszewski

We should always remember that Russ Warner started out as a successful competitive bodybuilder before he went on to an even more successful career as a photographer.  These front and back photos of Irwin Koszewski, aka Irwin Zabo, are examples of Mr. Warner's magazine work.  In fact, he is said to have done more bodybuilder magazine covers than anyone else.  If there is interest, I can do a complete set of those covers for a future series.

 

Frank Stagg

Not even Russ Warner escaped the 1950 kitschy trend of fish net props.

The model here is Frank Stagg.

 

Dick Fenley

Although reasonably well developed, Dick Fenley is one 

of the least beefy models in Russ Warners portfolio.

 

Unknown II

Mr. Warner posed our second unknown model behind a very large cogwheel.

 

Norm Tousley

I can't think of a better way to end today's series

than with this fine shot of Norm Tousley.

 

FKK Non-Germans

The FKK movement was a very German proposition, but their publications did occasionally feature photos from similar organizations based in other countries.  Today we look at ten of those, 

                           starting with the Swiss gentleman using a Rhoenrad exercise device.  

 

Spain

Spanish athlete Jose Montero appeared in 1932.

 

USA

Here we have an American reading a nudist newspaper 

while sitting on the tailgate of a station wagon.

 

Canada

This Canadian gardener is from the 1980s.

 

Dane

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Hungarians

It was 1928 when these members of a Budapest fitness club posed together.

 

Austrians

I don't have a date for this Austrian photo, but the man 

at center seems to be holding a 1960s type microphone.

 

British

Our British entry is a guy being pushed into a swimming pool.

 

France

Happy Frenchmen emerge from the water.

 

Netherlands

Finishing the set we have a Dutchman working on a holiday cottage in 1973.