Blue Truck, Red State: Waitin' for the Weekend

Friday, April 22, 2016

Waitin' for the Weekend

This week, a little something different:

Unknown muscleman "Apollo," age 22, circa 1900

Bobby Pandur, 1912

The great Eugen Sandow, posing as the Farnese Hercules, 1893

The Reuter Brothers, circa 1900

Stereoscopic view of two unknown models, late 19th century

2 comments:

Davis said...: They're a bit old even for me - ;-); April 23, 2016 at 8:37 AM
Russ Manley said...: Oh but I can assure you they are in a most remarkable state of preservation, after years of careful, secure storage in an oil bath. Almost as good as new, one might say. And of course they don't make them like that anymore.

Perhaps you might like to try one on approval for thirty days, with no obligation?; April 23, 2016 at 1:47 PM