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Friday, February 14, 2025

Valentines Smooch Fest, Part 1 - G Rated Men Kissing


It's time for our annual Valentines Day Smooch Fest, and it's a two parter starting with some G rated images and then moving on to some nude models.  Happy Valentines Day!
The card above is someone's take on Leyendecker.

 

Starting slow


Our smooch fest starts slow but warms up.
I find these two charming, if subdued.

 

1955


This photo from 1955 is by quirky Italian photographer Pierluigi.

 

Coy


These two seem more than a little bit coy, but hey,
you have to start somewhere, don't you?

 

1940s


An eBay vendor with a 99.8% positive rating says this is an authentic 1940s photo.
They're selling prints for $5.95 each and have sold 22 so far.

 

Soviet Politicians?


These two might be Soviet politicians.  No, really.  They did this sort of thing regularly
 in the name of Socialist Fraternalism.  Still, I'm sure an occasional rise was had.

 

Uh-huh


Some of us suspected this all along.

 

Unlikely


Unlikely, but pehaps ultimately perfect.

 

Valentines Smooch Fest, Part 2 - Nude Models


As promised, part two features nude models.  Although I have no proof (and Google Images 
search was no help), that Mid-Century Modern sofa and wall hanging make 
me think of Chuck Renslow of Kris Studio's Chicago apartment.

 

Al Parker?


My source said the man at left is Al Parker,
but I'm not really sure.

 

Just like the movies


Whoever staged this one must have watched a lot of classic Hollywood movies.

 

Hard and Able


This is supposed to be from a 1971 production called Hard and Able.
They aren't quite there yet, but this is a start.

 

On their knees


They say love can bring you to your knees, but when some of us hear that expression,
the position of the two above isn't what immediately comes to mind.

 

And finally . . .


And finally, if Mr. Right hasn't arrived just yet, there might be a Mr. Right Now.

 

Thursday, February 13, 2025

Military Day, Part 1 - Assorted


It's Military Day and a two-parter with part one being assorted and part two all Frenchmen.
We start with some U.S.. Army men skinnydipping in the Minnesota River in 1918.



 

U.S. Navy 1935


An impeccable source says these are U.S. Navy personnel on a cruiser in 1935.  
The partioned showers don't seem right, unless that was a perk for officers.

 

Conductor


I have no idea what's going on here, but we seem to have a conductor.
Several of these men are built quite nicely.

 


I'm not sure, but I think these are 1970s Swedish troops
practicing chemical decontamination procedures.

 

Ledo Road


Here is yet another Bernard Hoffman shot of our favorite chunky truck driver giving "America" a splash in 1944.  (You're welcome, Leroy!)  Note the winch on the heavy duty front bumper which probably got a lot of use pulling other trucks out of mudholes and ditches along the way.

 

Military Day, Part 2 - Frenchmen


Part two of Military Day is all Frenchman, and we start with a photo that left me puzzled.  My source says that this was hand tinted, but that was a relatively expensive process usually reserved for portraits and monuments rather than ordinary French soldiers bathing in a creek in 1916.



 

Verdun I


The Battle of Verdun was one of the bloodiest in history with truly horrific conditions for both sides.  I recently came across some photos of men who had been rotated out of the Verdun front for rest and refitting.  Here we see some men enjoying a bath in what might be part of a mill pond.

 

1920?


My source says this is from around 1920, but it looks more like 1930 to me.

 

Verdun II


Our second photo from behind the Verdun front
shows a soldier happily lathering his crotch.



 

Everything but . . .


Our final French army man is kitted out with everything but his uniform,
which we can see on the ground at far left.

 

Wednesday, February 12, 2025

Arty Photos


Today I'm posting 10 photos that I find on the artsy side.
We start with a 1940s unknown.

 

Jimmie De Sana


This is TV by Jimmie De Sana from 1978.  I like its quirkiness.

 

Trying too hard


This 1930-ish model is trying a bit too hard to look artistic,
but that's not unusual for the era.

 

Beach House


The only info that came with this photo was "Beach House, 1960."

 

GEMS


Gary Brandenburg posed for George Price of GEMS Studio in 1974.



 

Movendo

This is from an early 20th C. German series called Movendo by Fiedler.


 

Emerick Bronson


Best known as a fashion photographer in the 1950s,
Emerick Bronson took this undated photo.

 

Tinkerbell


Tinkerbell never looked like this.

 

Lorenzo


This is Lorenzo by John Lesnick from 1973.

 

Pierre Bonnard


Our last photo is a self portrait by French artist Pierre Bonnard.