With a Little Help from My Friends, Part 1 - Brian E and Len Goodman

It's donation day, or as I like to say, with a little help from my friends.  This will be a three parter 

with contributions by Brian E, Bryan B, and Cambria in that order.  When I posted a solitary 

photo of Len Goodman earlier this year, there were lots of requests for more, so Brian helped 

me out with some great photos that make up part one of today's set.

 

Fur

The fur shows nicely in this one.

 

Odd one

This is the only picture in the group that isn't obviously by AMG.

Brian E. is pretty sure it's not, and I agree.

 

Look away

Mr. Goodman is looking away in this one.

 

That shower

Closing out part one with a shot of Len from the infamous AMG shower.

Many thanks to Brian E for his contributions.

 

With a Little Help from My Friends, Part 2 - Bryan B. and Rip Searby

A couple of years ago I lamented my lack of work by Rip Searby, and Bryan B

helpfully provided me with a whole file folder full.  So some of those will make 

up part two of today's set.  We start with the first of three unknowns.

 

Unknown II

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Skip Harrison

We get a big smile from Skip Harrison who posed with a classic early 50s car.

 

Unknown III

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Rich Blackie

Our last Rip Searby donation from Bryan B is Rich Blackie.

Bryan's contributions are greatly appreciated, as always.

 

With a Little Help from my Friends, Part 3 - Cambria

Part three of today's series comes to us compliments of Cambria.

Up first is Gerard Homer by AMG from 1961.

 

Rod Crowther

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AMG II

Our only color offering of the day is Jake Scott photographed by AMG.

 

J. Brian

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AMG III

Our third AMG photo in part three is Rich Reagan from 1961.

Many thanks to Cambria for his generosity.

 

Joseph Johnston "Joe" Lee

Joseph Johnston Lee (1876-1949) preferred to be called simply "Joe Lee" and was an artist, illustrator, and war poet.  Although he was over age (37) and asthmatic, he joined the famous Black Watch Scottish division shortly after the start of World War I.  Sent to the trenches of the Western Front in France, he wrote some touching poetry and made drawings of the men and scenes of the war.  He continued this even after being taken as a war prisoner by the Germans in late 1917.  Today we look at his art.

 

Colonel Milavanovich

On his way to the POW camp in Karlruhe, Germany, Joe Lee convinced one of his captors to allow him to not only keep his sketch pad, but to buy some additional supplies.  This color pencil drawing of fellow prisoner Col. Stephan Milavanovich of Serbia was done in 1918.

 

Academic I

Joe Lee attended art classes at the Dundee YMCA 1904-06, yet area 

art collections date his academic style male nudes in the 1920s.

This one is good overall, but the hollow eyes put me off.

 

Punjabi

This 1915 work is an unnamed corporal from the 69th Punjabi Imperial Regiment.

 

Academic II

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Christmas Eve

Joe Lee drew this image of the devasted town of Ypres on Christmas Eve, 1916.

It shows his talent for newspaper style illustration.

 

Unknown

The handsome subject of this drawing is not named by the usually well curated Dundee Museum.

 

Academic III

This one is dated at 1920, but even the source wasn't certain about that.

 

Dinner Card

A Black Watch dinner card from January of 1917 seems to indicate that the soldiers ate well.  

It may be a joke, however, because the soldier holding his dinner pail looks incredulous.

 

Academic IV

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Sgt. Callary

Closing the Joe Lee series with what I think he did best, a portrait of a soldier.  The subject is 

Sergeant J. Callary from 1915.  I hope this beautiful man survived that horror of a war.

 

Nudists at the Beach

It's nudists at the beach day, and we start with a fellow examining some seaweed.

There's a particularly long shadow for those of you into such things.

 

 

Snorkeler

Although it's not very easy to see,

this beachgoer is wearing a mask and snorkel.

 

First appearance

This may be the same man who appears in the last image of this set.

 

FKK?

Although I didn't find this one on an FKK website,

I think this gentleman may be a member.

 

Playing ball

These two found a nice spot to toss a ball around.  The more I look, though,

the more I think they might be playing beach volleyball.

 

Model?

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Man with dog

One of my dogs loves the ocean, and the other is terrified of it.

The one above certainly seems to like it.

 

Sideways glance

Someone off camera is getting a sideways glance from this fellow.

 

Waist down fur

Here we see one of those men who's hairy from the waist down.

 

Looking

Perhaps this man is looking for seashells.

 

Hairy

Our last nudist at the beach is a guy who almost made my recent hairy nudist set.