Bath House Day

It's bath house day, and we start with some early 20th Century men, probably Russian.

 

Turk

This steamy guy is supposed to be a Turk.

 

Compulsory Baths

These men are getting a compulsory bath before being allowed to stay in a New York City 

hostel for working men without apartments around 1905.

 

Bob Blount

1970s porn star Bob Blount posed in a bath house setting 

for one of his numerous photo shoots.

 

Paris

Here we see two men getting a good scrub in 1900 Paris.

It looks like a pretty high end establishment.

 

English

This is said to be an English neighborhood bath in the 1960s.  Two things that immediately caught my attention were the peeling paint and the guy at right who didn't quite cover everything up.

 

Bear night?

It must have been Bear Night at the Tubs.

 

NYC

A well curated website says this was taken at one of the New York City bath houses 

in the 1970s, but they don't have a name for the model.  Anyone know him?

 

Coney Island

These two men are camping it up a bit at Stauch's Bath House, 

a popular Coney Island spot for gays in the 1940s and 1950s.

 

1980-ish

We close with a 1980-ish photo of two men in a bath house.

 

19th Century Men

It's 19th Century day, and we start with a photo for which I have no information.

 

Emile Fabry

This one is said to be by Emile Fabry.

 

Henri Brispot

This is French painter Henri Brispot in 1886.

He resembled Claude Debussy.

 

Lalaing

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Australian

This 1890s nude young man wearing a wig was photographed 

by Robert Morse Withycombe of New South Wales, Australia.

 

Simart

This is an unusual salted paper print made by French sculptor Pierre-Charles Simart

as a study for his work.  This was probably produced about 1856.

 

Japanese 1880

This hand tinted photo of two tattooed Japanese men dates from 1880.

 

Affectionate Trio

These three men are Jean-Baptiste Pigny, architect; Charles Gounod, composer; 

and Edouard Dubufe, artist.  I do not know the photographer's name.

 

1895

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Hermann Heid

Closing out the set with a work by Hermann Heid.

 

Models Named Doug Day

Todays physique feature will be all models named Doug, 

starting with Doug Troy by the obscure Hombre Studio.

 

Doug Craig

This serious looking fellow is Doug Craig photographed by Pat Milo.

 

Doug Betts

Here we see Doug Betts by Champion posing at the Sunshine Beach Club.

 

Douglas Potter

This is Douglas Potter by Hussar of London from 1963.

The photo appeared in MANual magazine.

 

Doug Jackson

Champion took this picture of Doug Jackson, aka Sonny Lanham.

 

Doug Baggott

Allegro of South Africa took this photo of Doug Baggott

who was Mr. South Africa of 1957.

 

Doug DeWitt

The brilliant Don Whitman of Western Photography Guild took this shot of Doug DeWitt.

 

Doug Madison

Doug Madison posed for Dave Martin is some scrubby woods.

 

Doug Felton

Troy Saxon took this pair of Doug Felton.

 

Doug Edwards

Ending the series with Doug Edwards getting splashed 

from two directions in the notorious AMG shower.