Outdoor Bath Time

Our theme today is men getting a bath outdoors.  We start with two German soldiers using a railway water spout to shower.  You have to look closely behing the main pipe to see the second man.

 

Great wide open

These men are having a wash out in the great wide open.

 

Rub a dub dub

Rub a dub dub, three men with no tub.

 

Amused

This guy seems to be amused by having his picture taken during  his bucket bath.

 

Fishermen

I think these three are fishermen on an outing in the Pacific Northwest.

 

Shallow water

This shallow stream is strictly useful for washing up.

 

Helping hand

The fellow in the right background looks amused by the two in the foreground.

 

Swimmer?

Is that a swimmer's head bobbing in the distance between the two central figures?

Everyone else is cleaning up, but maybe one guy went for a swim.

 

Tattered

I was tempted to electronically clean up this tattered photograph,

but I decided to leave it just as I found it.

 

Three Moons

I call this one Three Moons.

 

Aqueduct?

These men appear to be washing up in an aqueduct running alongside a shoreline.

 

Hey!

Closing the outdoor cleanup set with a soldier 

who just discovered that he's being photographed.

 

Half Dressed Day

It's half dressed day, and we start with a Colt model called Turk.

 

Brook

Mr. Scumbeast sent me this one and called it

"by a not so babbling brook."

 

Bib Overalls?

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Palm Trees

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Checking it out

"Yep, it's all still there."

 

Jeans in the Woods

This fellow wearing jeans in the woods looks hopeful of a friend coming along.

 

Go for it!

I like a man who knows what he wants and goes for it.

 

Athletic

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Meet and Greet

These two seem to be having a half dressed meet and greet in the country.

 

Dressed or Undressed?

I can't tell if our closing guy is getting dressed or undressed.

 

Al Urban Day

Today we take a look at some work by Al Urban, a 1940s and 50s photographer who not only struggled with his own sexuality, but also had to deal with legal harrassment.  We would have lost most of his work had he not entrusted his archive to a close friend shortly before his last arrest.

 

Jules Bacon

I recently found this "new" photo of Mr. America 1943, Jules Bacon.

It was on an estate sale website, and while the fold is unfortunate,

we still get a good impression of this amazing bodybuilder.

 

Unknown

Our only derriere shot of the day is the first of three unknown models.

 

Eddie Theriault

Before his legal problems, Al Urban was in demand for bodybuilding magazine photos.  

This is the impressive Eddie Theriault, a Canadian who never won a major title, 

but did consistently well enough to frequently appear in the press.

 

Bob Spiegel

Her we see Bob Spiegel atop a leather seat.

 

Unknown

This unknown model seems to resemble Jake Gyllenhaal.

 

Henry Karczewski

This is Henry Karczewski in a classic staff pose.

 

Alan Stephan and Bert Goodrich

Al Urban took this photo of championship level bodybuilders

Alan Stephen and Bert Goodrich in 1948.

 

Unknown

Al Urban used an unusual prop and pose in this shot of an unknown.

 

Larry Hedges

Our final Al Urban photo shows Larry Hedges in another pose

that vaguely resembles a Koloman Moser painting.