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By day, he worked in the warehouse department of a manufacturer, but in his free time, he roamed the streets of Zurich in search of subjects. These images from Walter Reuben Inc. Many are from the earliest days of photography, and the bulk of the collection consists of images from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

His fascination with the male physique was documented at bike races, wrestling matches, and weight-lifting events. To see more images from Walter Ruben Inc. This story originally ran as part of The Advocate's History issue. Karlheinz Weinberger - Sports Vol.

The sports images were shot starting in the s. InWeinberger met a young man with whom he was immediately fascinated. To get your own copy directly, support queer media and subscribe. :// Robin Campillo the celebrated writer of P. Young Adonis Feb / March An early 'beefcake' magazine showcasing young men catering to the homosexual : Although images were titled in.

Several of the early candid shots are from the time of westward expansion, when most of the migrants were men; in the absence of women, they turned to each other for companionship, a scenario that played out during wartime as well.

Early gay porn magazine Sales tax notice in a San Francisco mail order ad in the magazine lists it at 5%. Karlheinz Weinberger Swiss, had a lifelong obsession with photography, more specifically photographing men. The young men formed gangs and adopted the demeanor of s Hollywood depictions of rebelliousness: Marlon Brando' s leather-jacketed ne'er-do-well in The Wild OneElvis Presley's pompadour, James Dean 's smoldering, tentative sexuality in Rebel Without A Cause.

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Contributed to the Internet Archive in Honor and Memory of Leni Riefenstahl & Howard R. Hughes Jr. Past centuries "were perhaps more sexually fluid than one may think, and it was not till later that certain stigmas came to be realized," the curator concludes.

Working for various sports newspapers and magazines, he covered athletes and contests in Switzerland and places such as East Germany. Regular society derogatorily referred to these ragtag bands of "rebels" as the "halbstraken" the 'half-strong'-- a reference to their immaturity.

While we could certainly have more examples, we are fortunate still have plenty photos of gay couples and lesbian couplesas well as the drag queens and even gay motorcycle clubs who prove that we have not only existed by thrived in our queerness throughout history.

Sales tax of 5% in California was from August to March Note: To view JPEGs in sequential order you must download them. As many are from a period in which photography was not common, that these people choose to be photographed together for formal photos and for real-life postcards indicates that they are couples wishing to celebrate their union.

They ratted and slicked back their hair, wore exaggerated belt buckles and chain necklaces emblazoned with images of their idols taken from fan magazines, and most remarkably, adorned their denim. In other words, as long as there has been photography there have been gays who have wanted snap pics.

The young man's look was distinctive -- slicked back hair, denim jeans and jacket, cowboy boots -- and, through him, Weinberger was introduced to a loosely organized band of working-class teens who rebelled against any type of Swiss, post-war, bland, middle-class conformity.

Weinberger shot these rebels both in his home and at carnivals and festivals around Zurich. This body of work remains the best known of his extensive year creative output. However, these "Halbstarken" modified the styling of their movie idols and created wholly new looks.

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