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Thursday, December 28, 2023

William by Fred


Multiple commemorative and resale websites attribute 
this lovely photo of William Ritter to brother Fred.

 

10 comments:

  1. These are truly beautiful. I would imagine the brothers had a uniquely erotic life.

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    1. There were stories, but they literally dropped out of sight in the 1940s.

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    2. Brothers (assuming there isn't too much age difference) masturbating together is relatively common (but still fairly rare), as far as that goes. Like, I played with friends, but never with my brothers.

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    3. I'm not aware of any proscriptions on it. Might be very convenient.

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  2. The thumbnail image and description match about the cropping but when I open it it goes back to the other William By Fred out in nature.

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  3. Both brothers moved to Florida. Fred died in 1982 and William in 2000. I matched up the address on that letter that was posted to get dates of birth, etc. It doesn't appear that Fred ever married but I'm not sure. I can't find an entry for him in the 1950 census. I see a few pics of one of the Ritters wearing a wedding ring so I deduce that is William, who married in 1937.

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    1. Thanks for the info, FT! I have tried without success to track the Ritters' later lives. You got a lot farther than I did.

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