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| Wrestler Frank Crozier, 1909. |
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| Gordon Hazell - right- and Johnny Sullivan, London, 1954. |
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| 1927. |
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| Cornell College wrestling team, 1948. |
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| My namesake, here, is probably the least prepossessing of the group. |
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| Yes, that lovely profile belongs to actor James Cagney. I know neither the circumstances nor the identity of his hirsute opponent. |
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| Ching Hook ( or Ghook, né Hezekiah Moscow), circa 1888. |
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| 1904. |
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| Boxer Joseph Sarfati, 1930. |
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| 1904. |
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| Frank Mantell "Battling Mantell" (né Frank Otto Mintell), 1912. |
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| Boxing match aboard the USS New York, 1899. |
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| Boxer Jeremiah "Joe" Jeannette, circa 1905-10. |
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| Ad Santel (né Adolf Ernst) and unidentified opponent, 1923. |
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| 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