Today's series is a two parter about swimmers, and we start with skinny dippers.
I have to say that even after a decade of blogging this stuff, pictures like
this one bring a big smile to my face. I'd love to join them.
Sunday, November 16, 2025
Three moons
I read a science fiction book once about a planet that had three moons
which caused all sorts of crazy tidal disruptions
Drying off
Our last group of skinny dippers are drying off at the edge of the woods.
Up next, men in stripes.
Things are going swimmingly, Part 2 - Stripes
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As many of you know, I have a "thing" for vintage men in striped bathing suits,
and part two of today's set features some. We start with two fellows whose
bathing attire seems to bring our focus to a certain part of the body.
Tanned legs
This guy has legs that are quite tanned, but his torso is not.
He probably followed the convention of the time an wore a top on the beach.
Duo II
Our second pair has contrasting body types and strip widths.
The one at left needs his tummy rubbed.
Duo III
Our final duo posed by some reeds, and the fellow on the right went topless,
something that was generally not done outside of an all male group.
Saturday, November 15, 2025
Jockstraps - The Early Days
The jockstrap, likely the most popular article of men's apparel on this blog, has been around in its modern form since the 1870s. (It can be argued that there were much earlier garments of the same purpose, but they were rather different.) Today we look at some early modern version from the period of 1900 to about 1920. We start with a very well built male.
White gladiators
So many bodybuilders and strong men wore gladiator sandals
that some used white ones to stand out from the crowd.
Rear view
Although this guy's are OK, the best glutes and back muscles appear later in today's series.
Joe Knowles
Joe Knowles was a fraud who mostly faked a survival ordeal in the Maine woods in 1913. Although he did hike some considerable distance and gather a bit of his own food, he spent most of the time in a cabin with provisions (and his favorite beer) provided by a friend. The top and bottom photos in this group show him during a post-expedition exam at the Harvard U. gym.
The photo above shows Joe Knowles in what he purported to me the skin of a bear (or bears) that he killed and skinned. Observers noted bullet holes and signs of commercial processing. Whatever we may think of his ethics, Joe Knowles was a pretty good looking man.
Washed out
I had to include this picture in spite of it being washed out because of the shapely derriere.
Grainy
This grainy image looks like it was scanned from a cheaply produced magazine.
Nothing, however, can take anything away from those glutes and back muscles.
Smug
Our last jockstrap model is yet another with gladiator sandals.
If he looks a bit smug, I guess he's entitled to it.
Friday, November 14, 2025
Troy Saxon Day
Troy Saxon, aka Stuart "Pinky" Rosenberg, posed semi-nude while on a spring break trip
to California around 1960 and ended up becoming quite a formidable photographer himself.
Today I am featuring 10 Troy Saxon photos, starting with this one of himself.
Rusty Steele
No Troy Saxon series would be complete without a shot of Rusty Steele.
Here we see him partially wrapped in a fish net.
Donnie Kay
Donnie Kay(e) posed numberous times for Troy Saxon,
and I recently found this woodland photo of him.
Jim Lindsay
Jim Lindsay (or Lindsey) was sometimes referred to
as "Sarge" in Troy Saxon's published work.
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