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Athletic Model Guild Physique Photographs
Coll2014.121
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Title: Athletic Model Guild physique photographs
creator:
Mizer, Bob (Robert Henry)
creator:
Athletic Model Guild
Identifier/Call Number: Coll2014.121
Physical Description:
3 Linear Feet
12 binder boxes, 2,418 photographs
Date (inclusive): 1950s-1960s
Abstract: Photographic print catlogs, photographs, and slides produced by Bob Mizer's physique photography studio, the Athletic Model
Guild (AMG). AMG sold photosets through the mail and later published
Physique Pictorial magazine, 1951-1990.
The Athletic Model Guild (AMG) was founded by Bob Mizer and two business associates in Los Angeles in 1945 as a referral service
for models and photographers. The direct sale of photosets by mail order was a more viable economic model for business. Mizer
began photographing models he recruited from local gymnasiums and beaches. AMG went on to publish
Physique Pictorial magazine from 1951 to 1990. The studio survived obscenity charges and continued to produce materials until Mizer's death
in 1992. The studio was sold to Dennis Bell, a physique photographer, in 2004.
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the ONE Archivist. Permission
for publication is given on behalf of ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives at USC Libraries as the owner of the physical
items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Immediate Source of Acquistion
Photographs and slides aggregated from collections and donations to the archives including Neil Edwards, Harold Dittmer, and
Dan Raymon.
[Item , box binder #,] American Model Guild Physique Photographs, Coll2014-121, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries,
University of Southern California.
Collection processed by Brad Bradley, Steve Fritch, Robert Graves, David Hensley, Christian Morales, and Michael C. Oliveira,
November 2014.
Photographic print catlogs, photographs, and slides produced by Bob Mizer's physique photography studio, the Athletic Model
Guild (AMG).
The collection is open to researchers. There are no access restrictions
Athletic Model Guild, Studios and Distributors Marketing Materials Collection, Coll2012-170, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives,
USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Gay erotic photography
Photographs
Photography of men
Mizer, Bob (Robert Henry)
Athletic Model Guild