Larry Hedges by Al Urban
Larry Hedges poses nude for Al Urban in the late 30s.
Category: 1930s
Gay vintage physique photography from the 1930s
David Asnis
Late 30s-early 40s bodybuilder David Asnis was a regular model of Al Urban’s from 1938 to 1940. Asnis was famously unhung and was fond of Al Urban’s no posing strap style.
Kenneth Pendleton by Al Urban
Bodybuilder Kenneth Pendleton was frequently described as the “most muscular man of his age” He posed for Al Urban in 1936-37; his first black model.
The Movie Star and the Hustler
Novarro: The Movie star and the Hustler Paul Ferguson, what unusual circumstances brought these people together that ended in murder?…
Ramon Novarro
1930s Latin lover Ramon Novarro replaced Rudolph Valentino as a fixation of girls worldwide after his death. Scroll all the way down for his nudes.
Charles Levinson
The way of the muse. Charles Levinson was an ex-soldier gigolo appears in Pavel Tchelitchew’s ‘Man with the Rose Garland’. Here he is photographed nude by George Platt Lynes in Paris sometime between 1930-34.
Eugene Loring and Fred Daneli
Choreographer and dancer Eugene Loring photographed nude by George Platt Lynes in 1937. Lines also photographed his fellow dancer from this shot above, Fred Daneli.
Eugen Sandow Magazine Collection
If everlasting fame is possible in bodybuilding, Eugen Sandow’s invention of the bodybuilding competition and the flex reel most certainly endeered him to the physical culture magazines of the 1930s and 1940s.