Ed Fury's Younger Days

Between new finds and combing my files, I've come up with enough photos of Ed Fury for several one-man series.  Today we will look at what appears to be some of his early modeling, and most of them are either by or said to be by Bruce of LA.  This first Bruce effort is from a photo shoot in a setting with classical columns.  The staff, for once, is neither a curtain rod nor made of bamboo.

 

Bruce II

Bruce of Los Angeles took this picture of Ed Fury and Paul Moffitt.

That's supposed to be Mr. Fury with his back to us.

 

AMG?

I've seen this photo attributed to AMG, but as you will see in a later post,

a group of similar shots in a catalog have been pegged to Bruce of LA.

 

Bruce III

A rear view this time from the Bruce column photo shoot.

 

Ed, Reg, and Sam

Left to right we have Ed Fury, Reg Lewis, and Sam Calhoun at a competition.

 

Catalog Item 4

This is cropped from a catalog page I found on line which said the photos were by Bruce of LA.

I have not found any corroborating information, but several well curated websites list many of the individual pictures from this session as unattributed.  Anyone know for sure?

 

Edmund Holovchik

Mr. Fury was known as Ed Holovchik when this picture

was made at Muscle Beach in the early 1950s.

His full name was Rupert Edmund Holovchik.

 

Bruce IV

Mr. Fury looks very young in a third one by Bruce.

 

Punchbowl

Mrs. Mizer's crystal punchbowl is the backdrop for this AMG item.

 

Catalog Item 13

Our last picture of Ed Fury is another item from the purported Bruce catalog.

Photo 13 is similar to another photo in today's set from the same shoot. 

 

Nudist Refreshments

Today we view some nudist men getting various sorts of refreshment.

Here we see a guy chatting up the server at the camp snack bar.

 

Hitting the bottle

I'd love to know what kind of bottle that was.

 

Big bite

I hope that chicken leg quarter he's about to bite into is done.

 

Another bottle

Here's another one where I can't make out what sort of bottle that is.

 

Faucet drinker

This guy is getting a dring from an outdoor faucet.

 

Has to be French

With all those baguettes, this guy has to be French.

 

Bear prepping for Barbie

In my absolute favorite photo of the day we see a nice 

Aussie bear getting some meat ready for the barbie.

 

Paper cup

This guy looks like he's drinking from one of those little paper cups.

 

Watermelon

Mmmmm . . . watermelon!

 

Water boy

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Early 20th Century

Today we visit the early 20th Century again, starting with this interesting middle aged model.

 

Nude on the rocks

I sort of like the way this one was staged.

 

1920s I

This is from a group of photos I recently came across labeled only "1920s."

All the men are in the same pose, and there was no information provided.

 

Phys Ed

Marcel Mourgues from Nimes appeared in a French physical education publication.

 

Balancing

Something tells me that this balancing act was not as easy as it looks.

 

1900

This guy from 1900 had at least one thing going for him.

 

Hairy back

This one shows a male with a hairy back, something that did not 

always show up in early 20th photography due to technical issues.

1905

This headstand is by an unknown photographer from 1905.

 

Orville Stamm

This is Orville Stamm.  I love the caption bit:

"Power is in the loins that strive . . ."

 

1920s II

Ending the series with a second photo from that group of photos from the 1920s.