Lenny

This is Lenny Grimaldi from the 1930s.

 

1930s Part 1 - Assorted Unknowns

It's 1930s day, and we have a two parter.  Part one is a group of six photos that have been dated to the 1930s, but for which I have been able to find no model of photographer attributions.  We start with an item dated at 1939 that looks like Earle Forbes' work.  It does not, however, appear in any of the databases or websites featuring his photos.

 

Bizarre

This one is bizarre, but I like it.

 

Cropping

While the cropping here may have been intentional,

it looks like the photo was cut in half.

 

Pointer

Somebody may have been thinking of the Sistine Chapel when they made this.

 

Another pose

I've posted other photos using the same prop and probably the same model,

but I haven't been able to track down information on any of them.

 

Academic pose

There's some writing on this image, but I can't make it out.

 

1930s Part 2 - Elio Luxardo

Elio Luxardo (1908-1969) was an Italian photographer and occasional film maker.  He specialized in wedding photos and portraits of the aristocracy.  Dunring the 1930s, however, he dabbled in male semi-nudes, and part two of today's series features those.  We start with an utitled work.

 

Cropped

While we might want to see the model's face, the cropping 

used by Luxardo here does focus the eye on the man's body.

 

Primo Carnera

This is Primo Carnera, a champion boxer and wrester who also appeared in movies.  

At 6'6" and 270 pounds, he was a giant, and he posed for Elio Luxardo in 1933.

 

Momentum

Mr. Luxardo called this 1937 photo Momentum.

 

More muscles

Our final Elio Luxardo photo shows a man who seems to be flexing and about to throw a punch at the same time.  The oil would usually be past my limit, but the muscles are so fine that I don't care.

 

1930s Day

It's 1930s day, and we start with an FKK sausage fest.

 

Nine pence for Superman

Superman Magazine from the UK could be had for nine pence in 1933.  I love how they listed 

an article about posing in the nude with one on how to prevent sunburn immediately below it.

 

Possible Earle Forbes

Some sources attribute this to Earle Forbes, and some say photographer unknown.

Unfortunately, no one has even a hunch about the handsome model's name.

 

Carl Trees

Horst P. Horst took this photo of fine looking Carl Trees in 1937.

 

Pierre and "Bush"

My source has this labeled "Pierre Cotier and 'Bush', 1936."

 

Ainu Men

In the 1930s some anthropologists visited and photographed the Ainu people of far northern Japan.  Ainu are a very distinct ethnic group who do not resemble Japanes much at all.  The fellow above 

had a nice happy trail leading down to that wraparound cloth.  The man below has short hair and a fundoshi style loincloth, both likely borrowed from encroaching Japanese culture.

 

Doubtful

A reputable vintage resale website dated this at 1930, but I have my doubts.

The hairstyle looks later than that to me.

 

Unknown

Both the model and photographer for this 1932 photo are unknown.