Wrestler Frank Crozier, 1909. |
Gordon Hazell - right- and Johnny Sullivan, London, 1954. |
1927. |
Cornell College wrestling team, 1948. |
My namesake, here, is probably the least prepossessing of the group. |
Yes, that lovely profile belongs to actor James Cagney. I know neither the circumstances nor the identity of his hirsute opponent. |
Ching Hook ( or Ghook, né Hezekiah Moscow), circa 1888. |
Boxer Joseph Sarfati, 1930. |
1904. |
Frank Mantell "Battling Mantell" (né Frank Otto Mintell), 1912. |
Boxing match aboard the USS New York, 1899. |
Boxer Jeremiah "Joe" Jeannette, circa 1905-10. |
Ad Santel (né Adolf Ernst) and unidentified opponent, 1923. |
Stanley Ketchel (left) and Billy Papke, 1908. (Papke seemed to favor these backless "trunks".) |
Les pugilistes et les letteurs ne manquent pas dans ces images si expressives de l'ideal masculin d'antan.
ReplyDeleteDes images solennelles, brutales et homoerotiques dans leur contexte.
-Beau Mec a Deauville