J. Laurie Wallace and Friend

I think that's J. Wallace Laurie on the right with an unknown fellow student.

 

Tug of War

Thomas Eakins frequently took his students on outings where they engaged 

in various activities nude.  The photo above shows detail from a tug of war.

 

Jesse Godley

Above we have a fairly standard Thomas Eakins panel of assorted poses by student Jesse Godley.  Below, we have a Marey Wheel image by Mr. Eakins of Mr. Godley walking.  I've mentioned in previous series that Thomas Eakins and Muybridge knew each other and collaborated to a limited extent on motion studies.  This is an example of shared methodology with that other pioneer of moving pictures, Frenchman Jules Marey.

 

Three male nudes

This is another of those "circle of Thomas Eakins" attributions, and a quite interesting one.  

We get a nice arrangement of a trio of nude student models, plus there

 are at least four clothed men looking on in the background.

 

Swimming Hole

This photo study for The Swimming Hole painting is quite different 

from the one closest to the final version, but it's still worth a look.

 

Platform

I don't know what the purpose of the platform was originally, but Thomas Eakins and his students 

used it on one of their outings to make three photos, two of which I previously posted.

 

Beach

I've posted at least one different pose of these two men on a beach, but I especially like this one 

because we can actually see chest hair (and a happy trail) in a 19th C. photo, something rare.

 

Charles Bregler

Finishing with an Eakins photo of Charles Bregler, a student who went on to a moderately successful career as a portraitist, but is best known for having collected a large body of Thomas Eakins' work, journals, and notes.  The collection is now at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.  The photo above is a likely reference to Flandrin, and below we see Mr. Bregler in his studio, 1995.

 

Nudist Refreshment

Today's theme is nudists having refreshments, and we start with a really odd page from a magazine.  Swallows was a well known nudist camp/resort in the 1960s, and whoever published this pirated the Coca Cola logo and the term "Coke."  Both were trademarked at the time, and they only bothered to change the red disc emblem a littl.  Lucky they didn't get sued.

 

Groceries?

Here we see a many buying something off a truck that looks more 

like a mobile grocery outlet than a modern food truck.

 

Fridge

Some lucky female has this handsome fellow 

eating out of her hand at the open fridge.

 

Ice Cream

 

Camper

This camper is enjoying a snack and some tea.

 

Nerdy

Here we have a nerdy type enjoying a canned beverage.

 

Camper Van

This young man is getting his morning coffee outside a camper van.

My mother had that same coffee pot back in the day.

 

Happy

That bottle of soda seems to have made this guy happy.

 

Snack Bar

These two have bellied up to the snack bar.

They must sell a lot of soda.

 

Wine

Our last nudist refreshment photo had a fellow offering some wine.

 

Ten by Ten, Yet Again

Time for another ten photos by ten of the best classic era physique photographers.  We start 

with a shot of Darren De Long by Don Whitman of Western Photography Guild.

 

Lon of New York

Earl Maynard posed languidly for Lon of New York, aka Alonzo Hanagan,

in this photo generously provided by Bryan B.  Thanks!

 

Kris

Chuck Renslow of Kris Studio took this picture of Dave Allen,

said to have been an actual U.S. Air Force member at the time.

 

Kovert of Hollywood

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AMG

Bob Mizer of AMG photographed Jim Alvey  on some scaffolding.

 

Pat Milo

Chuck Steury wore a military style hat when he posed for this shot by Pat Milo.

 

Dave Martin

Beefy college athlete Jay Hold posed for this Dave Martin photo.

 

Douglas of Detroit

Douglas of Detroit, aka Doug Juleff, took this amazing photo of George Weider.

 

Rod Crowther

Joe Priest posed for Rod Crowther in this one.

 

Bruce of Los Angeles

Completing the series is our entry from Bruce of LA,

Larry Madden, aka Larry Eix.