Scope and content 257 male physique photographs by Bruce Bellas, known as Bruce of L.A., of which 42 are duplicates; plus 7 vintage photographs from Don Whitman's Western Photography Guild and 1 from Bob Mizer's Athletic Model Guild. There are 171 8x10", 66 5x7", and 28 4x5" prints. Models include Joe d'Allessandro, Ed Fury, Mark Nixon, Don Peters, Keith Stephen, and others. The collection includes an extended series of Los Angeles' Muscle Beach competition photographs, and sets from particular shootings...

Abstract Photographs ranging from formal 19th-century portraits to candid 20th-century snapshots and Hollywood stars' studio portraits that provide a wide view of men's bodies and gay men's lives, styles, and activities from the 1850s to 2010, plus associated scrapbooks, greeting cards, programs from events, sound recordings, magazines, comic books, calendars, and ephemera. Exceeding 10,000 items in total, the collection richly documents gay male culture from many angles, featuring 1950s physique and...