Larry Hedges poses nude for Al Urban in the late 30s.

Lawerence Langnecker poses for Al Urban in the late 30s-early 40s.

Henry Karczewski poses nude for Al Urban in the mid to late 30s.

Ludwig Shusterich poses for Al Urban in 1944.

Early 40s bodybuilder Jules Bacon poses nude for Al Urban between 1941 and 1944.

Joe Sawacki poses nude for Al Urban in 1953

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.

50s bodybuilder Arthur Harris, widely regarded as an uncrowned Mr America poses for Al Urban. Date unknown, but Harris’ career ran from the end of the 40s to the early 60s.

John Gallagher was one of Al Urban’s most photographed models in the 1940s

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.