Rudolph Valentino on “How to Keep Fit”
Rudolph Valentino was the ultimate silent movie era sex symbol, so when he published an 81 page picture book on “how to keep fit” in 1924, the audience snatched it up.
Category: pre-30s
The history of gay porn before 1930
Allister Crowley quests for Sacred Sodomy
Allister Crowley took his acolyte to ALGERIA where von Gloeden escaped to in order to “open his third eye with his magical wand” and they came back lovers.
Charles Atlas Nude
Late in the 20s Edwin Townsend got Charles Atlas out of his posing strap on camera and we found the full frontal.
Charles Atlas 1920s sensation
Before Charles Atlas became the vector through which bodybuilding was popularized in the 1930s Edwin Townsend’s photography of him in the 1920s caused a sensation.
Von Gloeden Duos
Nude male duos from late 19th century German photographer Wilhelm von Gloeden, who was active from the 1880s to 1910s.
Von Pluschow 2
A cousin and protege of von Gloeden, Wilhelm von Pluschow learned photographyhis uncle’s villa in Taoramina, italy and went on to photograph and then pass on his skills to Vincenzo Galdi.
Von Gloeden groups
Group photos by Wilhelm Von Gloeden… Notably including Three Boys circa 1900
Il Serpente
Il Serpente: the boy whose endowment turned him into an 1890s porn star with Wilhelm von Pluschow and Vincenzo Galdi
