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.

 

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.

 

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.