Vintage Muscle Men

Tuesday, November 5, 2024

Nudists Eating and Drinking

Today we visit some nudists eating and drinking, mostly drinking soda.

Melon share

This guy and his girlfriend are feeding each other watermelon.

Coca Cola

A nudist resort called Swallows was the setting for this dude and his Coca Cola.

Pepsi

I think that's a Pepsi bottle, but he's standing next to a water fountain.

Barbecue

I don't understand why a fully clothed person is next to this chubby guy at a barbecue.

I would say they might be the caterer, but this looks like a truly amateur operation.

Cuppa

This is an Australian having a cuppa tea at a nudist resort snack bar.

I can't figure out why they are selling clothes in the background.

Lollypop

I cropped a female out of this picture of a man and his lollypop.

You're welcome, Big Dude.

Snack bar

These two have bellied up to the snack bar.

Maybe they're ordering Moon Pies.

Something red

This guy is cooking something red in a very big pot.

Dark bottles

There's a coin slot next to our last guy, and that makes me thing he's driniking soda.

The dark bottle throws me off, though. What might it be?

Monday, November 4, 2024

Military Day

Posting another set of military men today, starting with four Germans from World War II.

Egypt 1916

Here we have some British in Egypt from 1916.

Wide and then close in

I'm showing the original version of this one above, and a cropped one below.

The men are WWI British troops in Mesopotamia.

Suckling Pig Farm

Lt. George C. Martin took this photo of a fellow British soldier on a suckling pig farm in 1915.

Looks more like a fruit orchard to me, but I suppose it could be both.

Ledo reprise

As requested by several viewers, here is anothe view of a chubby guy washing

his truck on the Ledo Road in Burma. The photo is by Bernard Hoffman.

Germans

German soldiers in the 20th Century were not known for modesty, but these men on the

Eastern Front have put on suits for a swim. Although there is no water in sight,

my usually reputable source says that they were out for a relaxing swim.

Gafsa

Here's another dual view. This time its a photo by Eliot Elisofon from the Roman Baths at Gafsa.

Guadalcanal

These GIs are washing themselves and their Jeep on Guadalcanal.

Navy Men

Underwear photos have been getting a good viewer response lately, so here's one more from the U.S. Navy. The tattooed man has his name marked on his boxers. They look friendly.

Closing out military day with yet another view of this group of Americans getting a shower in World War II. An unknown (to me, anyway) photographer took about half a dozen photos of these guys cleaning up. They have shown up on resale websites, blogs, and who knows where else. I found this particular one for sale on eBay by someone called Chuck.

Sunday, November 3, 2024

George Platt Lynes Day

I recently stumbled across some "new" material by George Platt Lynes, so I'm presenting ten

of those photos today. We start with a beautifully lighted Blanchard Kennedy.

Contact Sheet I

Some G.P. Lynes contact sheets came onto the market recently, and I cropped this image from one of them. Contact sheets are a "down and dirty" cheap developing process thatr allow the photographer to get a good idea of which images on a roll of film are worth the cost of full processing. I'm really surprised that nothing from this group of photos seems to have been completed. Perhaps they are lurking some where in a private collection.