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Three unidentified soldiers uniform of the Union, 1st-Lieutenant,1st-Sergeant and Master Sergeant during American Civil War.
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A bit of rough TBH** - Male prostitute from 1920′s London, photographed by Monty Glover. ** To Be Had - available prostitute
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‘Nude Study - Back’, photograph, possibly by Vincenzo Galdi (previously thought to be by Wilhelm von Gloeden), 1890s
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The Male Prostitutes of Paresis (Columbia) Hall in NYC. An interesting piece of social history. They are obviously showing what is on offer to prospective clients. Columbia Hall, commonly known as Paresis Hall, was a male brothel and gay bar in New York City in the 1890s. Located on the Bowery near Cooper Union, the Hall was managed by James T. Ellison, and took its common nickname from a general term for syphilitic insanity. The building contained both a bar and a beer garden on the ground floor, with two floors of rooms above that were rented out. Paresis Hall was particularly renowned and reviled even at the time, and was a common target for both police activity and religious protests. Despite this, evidence suggests it was active until at least 1899.
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Five of the Rent boys calling cards, advertising the merchandise at gangster Biff Ellison’s boy brothel Columbia / Paresis Hall in New York in the 1890s. Picture 1. Francis “The Horse” Kane. Picture 2. Tim Kelly Picture 3. Raymond Picture 4 Joshua Picture 5 Willy “The Bull” - sorry that his face is partially obscured, but I suppose his clients attention was diverted to other things.
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Berthard (11 inch) & Julius (7 Inch), two clients at Paresis Hall, in a photo they gave to Jacob, one of the young sex workers in 1891. A rare photograph postcard, from 1891. The “Gentlemen Couple” are Berthard Jones, age 26 years, and Julius Burke, age 19 years. They were two “Client Gents” at the infamous male brothel “Paresis Hall.” The club was located in New York City. Situated on Fifth & Bowery, off of Cooper Square. It was one of three, “Male to Male” clubs that existed in NYC beginning in 1890. By the early 1900’s there were six such clubs in NYC. Given the Victorian view of the time, when these things were never bought to public attention, business “Seemed to be Brisk”. The clubs offered their own form of “Male Bonding” to the extreme. Berthard and Julius spent quite a lot of time at the club and enjoyed having a boy or two… together. As was the practice each of the boys applying at the clubs were subjected to an “Intense Personal Interview” with the owner and if not available an assigned boy. If the boy passed his interview he would be hired, and given a copy of the rules of the club, an appointment schedule, and asked if he preferred the role of the “Man”, of the “Lady”, or a specialty. Photographs were required to be taken of the boy at several local “Cabinet Studios” - these taken to provide a longing for a return visit by a paying Gent. They were given to the man or young man if his spending habits warranted. if not were made available for purchase. One the back of the card is the following information in faded pencil: “Nice Gents Who Come In From Time To Time And Have Me Together * Gave Me There (sic) Photo This Week… And Signed There (sic) Names For Me! * Berthard (11 inch) & Julius (7 Inch) * Jacob M. Miller * P.H. January 1891”
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I sure wish I'd had found a lawn guy like this one! I would have never sold that huge house with that big yard! 😜
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Vic Seipke (born 23 April 1932) is an American bodybuilder. His titles include Mr. Michigan (1951), Junior Mr. America (1955) and Mr. America-Masters (1976). Seipke worked as a fireman in Michigan.
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The P.P.I.E.W. (Practically Perfect In Every Way) Club
Danny-Darko replied to + easygoingpal's topic in Legacy Gallery
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