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Sunday, July 20, 2025

Oddities


Yes, friends, it's time to go off the rails again and look at some oddities.
We start with a guy who's on his way to the laundry.  More on that subject later.

 

Homo


These guys have the right idea.  They're drinking Homo milk.









 

Viking

 


This image depicts "The Death of Þórr" at Ragnarök, as he lies on the ground after killing the Miðgarðsormr (World Serpent). This scene is from the Eddaic poem Völuspá and was illustrated by Lorenz Frølich for Karl Gjellerup's Den Ældre Eddas Gudesange.  
No, I didn't know all that.  For once, Google Images search came through.


 

William Eggleston


This 1972 photo is Naked T.C. on the Couch by William Eggleston.  It makes me think 
of some relatives I have in Texas, but it was made in Greenwood, Mississippi.

 

Uncle Carl and his horse.


Who had his naked picture on a horse in a nudist camp made into a postcard?
Uncle Carl, that's who.








 

Bored or in a stupor?


I can't tell if this guy is just bored or in a stupor.  Maybe it's both. In either case, it looks 
like his friend is about to rouse him by yanking him by the hair of the head.

 

Cock Tugs

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At this business you could get your cock tugged, and if you 
played your cards right, you might also get a screw. 

 

Dining table


My grandmother had that exact dining table for decades.  She did not, 
however, have anything like him on it that I ever knew of.

 

Laundry II


I had a friend in college who never did laundry until he was down to his 
absolute last pair of clean drawers.  This guy seems to have had the same 
philosophy and wore only his clean drawers to the laundromat.

 

Tattoo man


Our last entry is a tattooed man who looks like he knows what the viewer wants.

 

Saturday, July 19, 2025

Honcho Premiere Issue, Part 1


I recently came across a partial archive of Honcho magazine.  I have to say that my memories 
of it seem better than most of the material in the archive, but perhaps my tastes have changed 
over time.  Having said that, there is a treasure trove of nice photos there, so you will be 
seeing quite a few series in coming months.  I'm starting with Volume I, Issue 1, 
the very first Honcho from April of 1978.  It will be a two parter, 
with some mixed stuff first, and then a full spread by 
Roy Dean featuring the cover man shown above.

 

Abundance


The first full photo spread in Honcho was Abundance.  Get it?
Several different photographers' work was used in it, 
and the cowboy above was by Colt.

 

Curly and Friend


I call this one Curly and friend.

 

More buns


More buns on page 10.

 

Cowboy


This cowboy completes part one of today's series.  He appeared in an 
otherwise uninspiring photo spread near the back of the magazine.

 

Honcho Premiere Issue, Part 2 - Bill Nuckells by Roy Dean


Outstanding photographer Roy Dean was given a nine page spread in the premiere issue of Honcho.  He chose to showcase Mr. California, Bill Nuckells, in (where else?) Hawaii, specifically Kauai.
I'm presenting the entire spread for part two of today's set.

 

Lighting


Roy Dean never disappoints, and the lighting here is one reason why.

 

Eden


Kauai is nice, but I don't know if I'd call it Eden.

 

Centerfold


I think this was the centerfold.  I'm not sure because my source used
a separate page scanning method that never shows staples.
I had to splice two downloads together to make this.

 

. . . and his wife Debbie.


The blurb along with this photo goes out of the way to mention that Mr. Nuckells brought his wife Debbie along for the Hawaii photo shoot.  Oh, well.  It also says that this shot was made at Barking Sands, a location now well known as an anti-missile defense installation.

 

Na Pali?


I haven't spent a lot of time on Kauai,
but I think this was shot on the Na Pali Coast.

 

Double Page II


Although not officially the centerfold, this two page literal layout
appeared at the end of Roy Dean's piece on Bill Nuckells.

 

Promo


Although obviously not part of the Honcho premier main photo spread,
this ad for Roy Dean's work appeared among the adsin the back pages.
Mr. Dean went on to do several excellent later series for Honcho.

 

Friday, July 18, 2025

Columns Day


It's columns day, and I will be posting fourteen models with that classic prop.
We start with an unknown by Dave Martin.

 

Ralph Kelly


Don W. Cogan struck a modified pinup pose for Ralph Kelly.

 

Bruce of LA


Bruce of LA's trademark grass floor mat shows up in this photo of an unknown.

 

Kovert of Hollywood

The model is unknow for this Kovert of Hollywood photo from the 1940s.

 

John Grimek


I have not been able to find the name of the photographer who took this stunning cover photo 
of John Grimek for Strength and Health's February 1947 edition.

 

Douglas of Detroit


That's Joe Marcy (right) with an unknown in this photo Doug Juleff, 
aka Douglas of Detroit, made using a black marble column.

 

Jon Arnt


This promotional piece by Jon Arnt is one of the very few of his works in my collection that I have not posted.  I keep looking for more of his fine work without success.  The model is Don Erdahl.

 

Lon of New York


Jules Bacon posed for Lon of New York, aka Alonzo Hanagan, in front of a column.
Mr. Hanagan made enough photos using columns for me to do several series
of just his material.  I will do another one in the near future.

 

Gebbe


Here we see Kimon Voyages as photographed with one of his many trophies by Gebbe.
 

Pat Milo


This is Bill O'Connor in what I think is an early Pat Milo effort.

 

AMG


Alan Albert looks quite impressive in this AMG photo by Bob Mizer.

 

Unknown by Unknown


This is the only photo in today's set where I know neither the model nor the photographer.
The model looks familiar.  Does anyone know him?

 

Vince of London


This is Mervyn Cotter by Vince of London.


 

Urban


Closing the column series with an unknown model by Al Urban.
Note the chain around his wrist.