Content Description Bern Hansen papers document the collecting and research activities of Bern Hansen in 20th-century gay male culture, physique photography, erotica, and related visual and commercial materials dating predominantly from the 1920s to 2000s. The papers contain amateur and professional photographs, photo-postcards, physique photography, publications, exhibition catalogues and brochures, erotica catalogues, calendars, magazines, art reproductions, narrative erotic drawings, mimeographed narrative...

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...