Al Urban Day

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John Gallagher

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Harold Zinkin

As far as I know, Harold Zinkin never posed nude,

so this Al Urban trunks shot will have to do.

 

Kenneth Pendleton

Kenneth Pendleton was small for a bodybuilder at 5'1",

but he had quite a career and reputation:

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bh4pVfShbNr/

Al Urban produced at least six great photos of Mr. Pendleton.

 

Jules Bacon

This cover is interesting for several reasons.  First, Jules Bacon autographed it at least two years 

after its publication in 1941 because he wasn't Mr. America until 1943.  The other guy looks 

a bit like Steve Reeves, but he has been identified as Constantine Kosiris.  And although 

there is a very similar full nude photo, I have not been able to find an exact nude match,

 leading me to think that the trunks were probably not drawn on as was often 

the case with other Al Urban covers.

 

Charles Whitlock

Al Urban posed Charles Whitlock dramatically with a dagger for this one.

 

George Kuchler

I posted this photo of George Kuchler about five years ago as an unknown,

but I have since learned the identity of the impressive model.

 

Doug Hepburn

Canadian weighlifting champion Doug Hepburn had 

some competition photos done by Mr. Urban.

 

Fred Degroot

That's Fred Degroot at right, and his friend is unknown.

 

Lawrence Langnecker

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Half Dressed Day

Today is half dressed day, and we start with this interesting item I snagged during the sack of tumblr.

 

GIs

I don't have a location for this group of GIs on the beach, but it is World War II.

 

Swimmers

Mr. Scumbeast gave me this one and commented that the guy in the middle 

was making sure everything was still there after the swim.

 

Recruits

I believe these are Asian military recruits lined up for some sort of inspection.

 

Auto shop

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Egypt

My source says these are Australians in Egypt in 1916.

 

Camper

This is apparently a candid shot of a camper outside his puptent.

 

Korea

Michael Rougier took this in Korea in 1951.

 

Patterned boxers

I can't tell if this guy is getting into or our of his patterned boxers.

 

Fire hose bath

Ending the series with a World War I photo by John Trevor Peat where one fellow 

with a fire hose is giving two others a bath.  I think the location was the Middle East.

 

British Art

Today we will look at some British male nude art, mostly early 20th Century.

We start with a standing nude by Robin Bartlett from 1925.

 

Brian Hatton

The very talented English artist Brian Hatton was tragically killed in action in 1916 during 

World War I.  He painted this lovely rear view of a male nude in 1906 at age 19.

 

Thomas T. Baxter

I really like this 1914 painting by Thomas Tennant Baxter.

 

Edward Wadsworth

It was 1911 when Edward Wadsworth painted this academic work.

 

Thomas Saunders Nash

The only information I have on this one is that it is 20th Century by Thomas Saunders Nash.

 

Charles E. Roberts

Charles E. Roberts painted this at age 19 in 1920.

 

Kate Cowderoy

It was 1905 when Kate Cowderoy painted this one.

 

John Constable

The great John Constable painted this in 1820 as a study for a version of The Last Judgement.

 

Albert Cooper

This one is by Albert Cooper from 1920.

 

William Herbert Allen

Closing with an 1888 painting by William Herbert Allen.  

The stocky model is not something one sees every day.