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Thursday, April 17, 2025

Leon Nole


Leon Nole autographed this 1930 Edwin Townsend picture 
for his friend and fellow bodybuilder/model Sig Klein.

 

4 comments:

  1. Is he tanned all over, or is that a result of the developing process?

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    1. Probably not the processing. Some of the New York physique models sunbathed nude on the roof of a Coney Island bath house. And no, it wasn't a gay bath house. Also, Mr. Townsend did some theatrical work, so makeup could have been involved.

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  2. Gut gebräunte Nole sieht in dieser Pose wie eine Bronzestatue aus.
    In Deutschland genoss Sig Klein in Körperkulturkriesen hohes Ansehen. (“)

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  3. Along with Raymond Van Cleef, Leon Nole was said to be the model used by Paul Manship to create the famous gold statue of Prometheus at Rockerfeller Plaza in NYC.
    Rex in DC

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