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Photo gallery coming soon... In the meantime, take a look at the list of the incredible collection of photographs discussed and published in Muscle Boys...

LIST OF PHOTOGRAPHS

Photo 2.1 - Red-figure kylix decorated with a homoerotic scene by Briseis Painter, (5th century BC), Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, UK/ The Bridgeman Art Library.

Photo 2.2 - Attic red-figure kylix depicting athletes training, (5th century
BC), Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, UK/ The Bridgeman Art Library.

Photo 2.3 - Discobolus (marble) by Myron, (fl.c.450 BC) (after), Location Unknown/ Ancient Art and Architecture Collection Ltd./ The Bridgeman Art Library.

Photo 3.1 - Statue of David, Michelangelo. iStockPhoto.com.

Photo 3.2 - Louis Cyr, famous 19th century strongman, Cabinet card (1900). Courtesy of The Magazine Archives, San Francisco.

Photo 3.3 - Eugene Sandow, father of bodybuilding, by Van der Weyde, Cabinet card (1894). Courtesy of The Magazine Archives, San Francisco.

Photo 3.4 - Eugene Sandow, by Falk, Cabinet card (1894). Courtesy of The Magazine Archives, San Francisco.

Photo 3.5 - Eugene Sandow, by W. Brooks, Cabinet card (1915). Courtesy of The Magazine Archives, San Francisco.

Photo 3.6 - Eugene Sandow, by W. Brooks, Cabinet card (1915). Courtesy of The Magazine Archives, San Francisco.

Photo 4.1 - A. Calavas, French albumen print page of photographic figure studies from a folio, (1865). Courtesy of The Magazine Archives, San Francisco.

Photo 4.2 - George Hackenschmidt, famous wrestler and bodybuilder; photographer unidentified, (1900). Courtesy of The Magazine Archives, San Francisco.

Photo 4.3 - Roland Brothers, probably a vaudeville act, by Rembrandt Studio, NYC. (1910). Courtesy of The Magazine Archives, San Francisco.

Photo 4.4 - Andre Rolet, French bodybuilder, (photo is marked "Jos Rosmand, Paris" on front but stamped "Photo Studio Armand Leflohic, Paris" on back), (1930). Courtesy of The Magazine Archives, San Francisco.

Photo 4.5 - Bernarr MacFadden, publisher of Physical Culture Magazine and 20th century fitness guru, Cabinet card, (1900). Courtesy of The Magazine Archives, San Francisco.

Photo 4.6 - Charles Atlas, winner of The World's Most Beautiful Man Contest in 1921 that led him to become one of the great 20th century fitness gurus, French postcard, (1925). Courtesy of The Magazine Archives, San Francisco.

Photo 4.7 - Steve Reeves, Mr. America 1947, and first bodybuilder to become a movie star, photographer unknown, (1940s). Courtesy of The Magazine Archives, San Francisco.

Photo 4.8 - Steve Reeves, Mr. America 1947, taken on the Chicago waterfront by Tony Lanza of Montreal, (1940s). Courtesy of The Magazine Archives, San Francisco.

Photo 4.9 - Physique Pictorial cover by Tom of Finland, Volume 9, No. 4 (1960). Courtesy of AthleticModelGuild.com.

Photo 4.10 - Ed Fury, physique model, by Bob Mizer, (1950s). Courtesy of AthleticModelGuild.com.

Photo 4.11 - Unidentified physique model, by Bob Mizer, (1950s). Courtesy of AthleticModelGuild.com.

Photo 4.12 - Unidentified contestant at a Muscle Beach physique competition, by Bob Mizer, (1940s). Courtesy of AthleticModelGuild.com.

Photo 4.13 - Unidentified bodybuilders, by Bob Mizer, (1940s). Courtesy of AthleticModelGuild.com.

Photo 4.14 - Bill and Nolan, physique models, by Bob Mizer, (1950s). Courtesy of AthleticModelGuild.com.

Photo 4.15 - "In the Locker Room" drawing from Spartacus Series F "Football Practice," featured in Physique Pictorial Volume 01, Number 09 (1951). Courtesy of AthleticModelGuild.com.

Photo 4.16 - Leonard Chambers, physique model, by Bob Mizer, (1950s). Courtesy of AthleticModelGuild.com.

Photo 4.17 - Physique Pictorial cover by Tom of Finland, volume 16, number 2. (1967). Courtesy of AthleticModelGuild.com.

Photo 4.18 - Al Parker, 1970s porn star and famous Clone, by Jim French, (1970s). Courtesy of ColtStudio.com.

Photo 4.19 - John Pruitt, porn star, by Jim French, (1980s). Courtesy of ColtStudio.com.

Photo 4.20 - Franco Corelli, porn star, by Jim French, (1990s). Courtesy of ColtStudio.com.

Photo 4.21 - Pete Kuzak, porn star, by Jim French, (2000s). Courtesy of ColtStudio.com.

 

 

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