Polaroid Day

Today we thumb through my collection of Polaroids.  At least they don't get stuck together when we do it digitally.  We start with a guy who looks straight at us.

 

Faded

This one with a classic pose looks faded.

 

William

This one came with a name attached, William.

 

Magazine

This may be the same guy who appears later today with his face covered.

 

Couch

This one  is not very imaginative.

 

Streaks

At first I thought those streaks were from Polaroid developer,

but thay are actually the wallpaper.

 

More

I think I've posted other pictures of this guy, and he looks good in all of them.

 

Does this . . .

Does this pose make my ass look big?

 

Follies

Not only does this one not show his face,

 but he wants us to know he like girlie magazines.

 

Maybe it's the angle

Maybe it's the angle that makes it look . . . well, you know.

 

Brick Shit House Males Through Time

Today we look at some men through time who were built like bruck shit houses.

We start with a Roman mosaic of an athlete.

 

Neptune I

The Italian Renaissance sculptors made their men somewhat more burly than their Green and Roman antecedents.  This 1576 work by Ammanniti is the first of two statues of Neptune in today's set.

 

Neptune II

This is the Fountain of Neptune in Bologna by Giambologna, 1565.

 

Jacques Reattu

It was 1792 when Jacques Reattu did this drawing.

 

E. Favier

E. Favier drew this well built mid-19th Century model.

 

Muybridge

I had to include my favorite Muybridge blacksmith in the brick shit house series.

 

1890s

This is supposed to be from the 1890s, but it looks a bit later to me.

 

Hercules

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Arms folded

I don't know why this undated photo has the model posed with his arms folded.

 

Estonian #448

This is a composite I made from the interwar Estonian body typing studies.

By my best reckoning, this guy stood about  5'3".

Nice things do come in small packages.

 

Bronko Nagurski

This is pro football star turned wrestler Bronko Nagurski from around 1940.

 

Unbekannt

I found this one on a German language website labeled "unbekannt" or unknown.

I don't think the picture is necessarily German, though.

 

Colt?

This might be by Colt.

 

Cowboy Bob Lang

Our final brick shit house man is Cowboy Bob Lang by George Dureau from 1979.

 

G-Rated Military Men

Today we look at some mostly World War II G-rated military men.  We begin 

with Ye Olde Iwo Jima Spa, a surprisingly elaborate rest and recreation facility 

that included massage tables and piped in sulphur water therapeutic baths.

 

Marines

My source only said that these men were Marines.

 

Shower lineup

These GIs seem to be lined up at a heavily camouflaged portable shower unit.

 

Behind the wheel

I can't quite make out what sort of vehicle these two are relaxing in.

 

Waddy's Wagon

Captain Walter "Waddy" Young and the crew of his B-29 re-enacted the caricature painting 

on their plane in 1944.  Sadly, the entire crew was lost when their aircraft collided 

with another B-29 which had been damaged by a Japanese suicide attack.

Capt. Young was a pro football player before the war.

 

Gratitude

These two Marines expressed their gratitude to the Coast Guard for the success 

of the invasion of Guam.  The man at right looks like one tough customer.

 

Volleyball Team

Look, it's a volleyball team, and they're only half naked!

 

Martin and Newsome

Martin seems to be having a bit of a wardrobe malfunction

 

Six marines

These six Marines were stationed in Hawaii during World War II>

 

Three buddies

I wish I knew the story of these three buddies in front of a long line of tents.

 

Richard Winters

And last, but far from least, we have Richard Winters, one of the soldiers upon whose service the series Band of Brothers was based.  His Easy Company was trained at Camp Toccoa, Georgia where this photo was taken in 1942.  If you haven't seen Band of Brothers, you should.