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.
Category: 1930s
Gay vintage physique photography from the 1930s
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.
John Grimek Workouts
It seems everyone in the 1940s wanted to have a body like John Grimek and the various fitness journals of the time were there to document his workout in fine detail… If you want a body that fits in 1948, read on.
Don Athaldo, Austrailian superman
Inspired by the success of Charles Atlas, Don Athaldo of Sydney, Australia was one of the first to replicate his success by selling an atlas-derived isometric system while branding himself “the Australian superman.”
More Tony Sansone
1930s bodybuilding superstar Tony Sansone posing for Edwin Townsend