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Box 2

 Container

Contains 9 Results:

Magazines of physique photography, 1960 - 1981

 File — Box: 2 , Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

a) Eleven magazines of physique photos over a range of years. b) Rod Vol . 1, #1, probably 1960s or early 1970s; Two called Gay #1 and Gay #2 (also smaller format) have no date or publishing information, probably from the 1970s. c) Six normal 8.5 x 11 magazine size. The Young Physique for June 1960; Mr. Sun, vol.I, no. 1, June 1966. Muscle Teens, May 1967; King Sol, vol. 1, no. 2, 1968; QQ Magazine for Gay Guys Who Have No Hangups, February 1971; Inches Magazine, vol. no. 3, July 1985;

Dates: 1960 - 1981

Nude physique photography, 1940s-1970s

 File — Box: 2 , Folder: 2
Scope and Contents

Fifty-five single photographs from underground circulation in archival sleeves. Two photographs by amateurs. Twelve 4x5 inches, twenty-three 5x7 inches. Eight 8 x 10 inches. Ten pages disbound from a booklet (6 x 9 inches).

Dates: 1940s-1970s

Nude physique photography. Erotica sales catalogues, 1990s

 File — Box: 2 , Folder: 3
Scope and Contents

A few dozen brochures and larger catalogues, sampling some of the erotica and pornographic art and films newly available in the 1990s. Also included are supposedly hidden-camera filmings of men's toilets and locker-rooms, politically incorrect works by Old Reliable, and a number of Tom of Finland sales brochures with a big catalogue showing how mainstream this formerly underground rebel artist had become, selling his work on coffee mugs.

Dates: 1990s

Original era photographs of narrative art by Tom of Finland, 1950 - 1970

 File — Box: 2 , Folder: 5
Scope and Contents a. Sailor Jim story in twenty-one 8 x 10 photographs (author/artist unknown). b. Thirteen 4 x 5 photographs of scenes of seduction and sex in a softer drawing style (author/artist not indicated). c. Matador Ole! in an undated and unpaginated pirated edition as a corner-stapled set of 14 one-sided sheets, probably drawn in the 1960s. d. Navy Doc, undated and unpaginated edition as a booklet 8.5 x 11, mimeographed on soft paper. Probably drawn in the 1960s. e. Three early photos (5 x 7) of...
Dates: 1950 - 1970

Pen and ink collages (originals) signed by Patrick Micheal Thomas, 1989 - 1990

 File — Box: 2 , Folder: 6
Scope and Contents

Seven original collages by Patrick Michael Thomas (16 March 1936 to 19 April 2004). Each has the (c) symbol and a year on the front. All are 12H x 9W except Sheet G which is 11.75 x 7.25.

Dates: 1989 - 1990

Physique Culture. History, 1990 - 1999

 File — Box: 2 , Folder: 8
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of articles.

Dates: 1990 - 1999

Physique Culture. Mail-order distribution of Erotica in the 1930s, 1993 - 1999

 File — Box: 2 , Folder: 9
Scope and Contents

Article and a book review

Dates: 1993 - 1999

Related sales material, flyers, calendars, and other issues, 1940s-1970s

 File — Box: 2 , Folder: 10
Scope and Contents a) Related sales materials. Order forms for Olympia-The Summit of Physique Photography, before 1963. One includes two strips of contact prints as samples. b) Two bi-fold flyers for The Tony Sansone Gymnasium for Men in Brooklyn. c) Two books of nude photographs from Scandinavia, marked "Not for Export" (Star Models and Bizarre). d) Two issues of The Male European Nudist (MEN), no. 4 and no. 6; 1966, each 16 pages, including a few female nudes. e) Men and Art 1955 Calendar Photo Album. Color...
Dates: 1940s-1970s