Strongman Day

Our theme for today is early 20th C. strong men.  We start with a pose that appears here and again at the end of the set, plus there's a very similar one midway.  The man is unidentified.

 

Georg Hackenschmidt

We get a tease of frontal nudity in this shot of Georg Hackenschmidt.

 

Makanura

This photo, produced by a Russian studio, shows a rare Asian strong man, a Mr. Makanura.

 

In the style of . . .

This is another of those early 20th C. photos labeled as "in the style of Desbonnet."

 

Pair

This 1913 pair is in a pose similar to the first and last photos in today's set.

 

Sturdy

Although he's wearing a singlet, a sash, and a lot of bling,

this unidentified Russian is quite a looker.

 

Sandow

Here we have Eugen Sandow as photographed by Sarony.

 

Paul Berger

Paul Berger was one of Professor Desbonnet's model/strong men.

 

Dutch Camel

My source only noted that this strong man bending iron rods was Dutch.

They didn't mention that he has modified camel toe.

 

Charles Atlas

As promised at the outset of today's series, we're ending with the exact same pose that we started with.  This time it's Charles Atlas, whose claim to be the most handsome man alive was believable.

 

Random Art Day

Today we will look at 15 more or less random art works, starting with Middle Aged Man by Johann Daniel Herz from 1732.  It is said by some to have been a self portrait.

 

Osmar Schindler

 This is Muscle Play by Osmar Schindler from 1907.

Anton von Maron

This study of a male nude was done by Anton von Maron ca. 1760.

 

Albert Maennchen

This chalk drawing was done by Albert Maennchen around 1900.

 

Adopf von Hildebrand

Standing Young Man was sculpted by Adolf von Hildebrand in 1882.

 

Milos Jiranek

Czech painter Milos Jiranek did this work in 1900.

 

Henri Evenpoel

This untitled work by Henri Evenpoel is from 1892.

 

Peter Proksch

The Struggle of the Gods and Titans was done by Peter Proksch in 1970.

 

Leonhardt Kern

This is The Money Counter by Leonhardt Kern from ca. 1630.

 

Ernest Fuchs

Ernest Fuchs did Aquarius in 1976.

 

Craig Esposito

Craig Esposito did this drawing in 1980.

 

Alfredo Plank

All I know about this interesting piece is that it is by Alfredo Plank.

 

Gerhard Marcks

This is Fat Adam by Gerhard Marcks.

 

Jurgend Wittdorf

This drawing is by East German artist Jurgend Wittdorf.

 

Gilbert Lewis

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Boating Day

It's boating day, and we start with two guys on a beach in Panama from 1945.

 

Frampton Hair

This young man stole Peter Frampton's hairdo.

 

Oliver

Someone thought Oliver should have been ashamed.

 

Playgirl Model

I'm counting on one of you Playgirl experts to tell me this model's name.

 

Aussies

I think this is an Australian unit of some sort.

 

Patching

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Nude Navigator

We seem to have a nude navigator on this boat.

 

Glass boat?

Is this guy sprawled in a glass boat?

 

Coming ashore

 I can imagine the guy on the shore saying, "Oh, you've no need to bother

with the pants.  We'll just be taking them off again in a minute or two."

Laid back

Our final nakeed boater is laid back.