Finding Aid to the Athletic Model Guild Physique Photographs Coll2014.121

Michael C. Oliveira
Processing this collection has been funded by a generous grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
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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.

Administrative Note

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.

Conditions Governing Use

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.

Preferred Citation

[Item , box binder #,] American Model Guild Physique Photographs, Coll2014-121, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

Processing information

Collection processed by Brad Bradley, Steve Fritch, Robert Graves, David Hensley, Christian Morales, and Michael C. Oliveira, November 2014.

Scope and Content

Photographic print catlogs, photographs, and slides produced by Bob Mizer's physique photography studio, the Athletic Model Guild (AMG).

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open to researchers. There are no access restrictions

Related Materials

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

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A-C

List of Models

Eddie Adler, Lucky Allen, Bob Anders, Tabby Anderson, Willard Anderson, Robert Austin, Mac Badgwell, Bob Baker, Ted Baker, Jack Barker, John Balen, John Balen and Frank Mead, Bradley and Barckley (questionable), Chuck Bartlett, Bill Baxter and John Lowe, John Beck, Dick Berry, Jack Beltoya, Boris Bistritsky, Al Black, Paul and Bloomberg, Gary Bohn, Morey Boswell, Ed Bowersox, Charles Brant, Malcolm Brenner, Robin Brent, John Bridges, Wesley Brooks, Don Brown, Jerry Budlong (Russell Budlong), Jim Bundy, Roger Burton, Butch and Buddies, Charles Butler (questionable), A. Caesar, Sam Calhoun, Duke Cannon, Craig, Larry Carr, Ralph Carpenter, Jim Carroll, Don Canfield, Leonard Chambers, Vern Charles, Jon Christen, Frank Delos Coates, Jack Conant, Jack Conant and Howard Steele, Miles Conley, Gary Conway, Glenn Corbett, Bud Counts, Louis Craig, Joe Cuilla and Angelo Noto, Dick Cunningham, Dale Curry, Dale Curry and Louis Rightmire, and Don Curtis.
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D-G

List of Models

Joe Dallesandro, Bill Dawson, Shawn Daymor and Dave Jones, Ray DeBasitis, , Don Deckman, Floyd de Forrest, Richard Du Bois, Paul Duckworth, Gene Eberle, Gene Eberle and Bob Yerkes, Gene Eberle and Donald Silvio, David Elliott (Jon Iverson), Larry Farrell, Jerry Feniello, Jerry Feniello and Don McLeod, Don Ferrera, Walter Fife, Dick Findley, Mike Finnegan, Ken Franklin, Don Fuller, Ed Fury (Ed Holovchik), Ed Fury [signed], Ed Fury and unidentified model, Jack Genuine, Harry Roper (Harvey Lifsen) and Sydney Gerard, Dick Getzelman (David Gilman), Hal Gillespie, John Glynn, Pepper Gomez, Gonzales, Steve Gooding, Jim Grant, Charles Grayling, and Jim Guissi.
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H-L

List of Models

Larry Hale and Al Rocha, Jimmy Haines, Dale Hall and Eddie Stevens, Roy Handleman, Herbert Hanson (Herbert Hansen), Dan Hardy, Jack Harris, Richard Harrison, Layie Hatfield, Arthur Heaton, Bob Heppe, Darryl Hewatt, Joe Hill, Claude Hodges , John Holden, Jim Horn, Jim Horn and Bill Grant, Jim Horn and Ray Robirds, Jim Horn and John Dole, Warren Holmes and Wayne Thompson, Buddy Horton, Jay Howard and Mike Dahl, Brian Idol, Brian Idol and Jim Horn, Alexander Jackson (Jacks), Dan Jaugn, Jim Jacobs, Chas Jeffers, Steve Jeffers, Bob Jensen, Bob Jensen and Bob Wainwright, Norman Johns, Howard Johnson and Leonard Latt, Ernie Jones, Marvin Jones, Joe and Jack Kamp (Kemp), Bill Kearns, Jack Kennedy and Howard Olsen, Fred Kimball, Steve King, Arnold Klein, Arnold Klein and unidentified model, Doug Kontz, Irvin Koszewski (Zabo), Irvin Koszweski and unidentified model, Andy Kozak, Andy Kozak and Steve Kozak, Andy Kozak and unidentified model, Andy Kozak and Larry Farrell, Andy Kozak and Vern Charles, Andy Kozak and Bill Millhorn, John Lacey, Dexter Ladd, Laddie Laporte, Lee, Evret Lee (Cherokee), Joe Leitel, Henry Lentz, Jack Levin, Jack Levin and Howard Steele, Jim Lewis, Milton Lippman, and Jack Louis.
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M

List of Models

Bob Mann, Harold Martin (Harold Martinez), Robert Martin, Tom Mathews, Joe Mauri, James Maynor, George Mayes, Don McCloud, Don McCloud and Jerry Fenello (Jerry Feniello), Bob McCune, Jim McCorkle, Ken McNeel, Frank Mead, Joe Medina, Charles (Bob) Meinhart, Eugene (Gene) Meyer, Eugene Meyer and Pepper Gomez, Eugene Meyer and Harold, Forrester Millard, Forrester Millard and John Miller, Forrester Millard and unidentified, John Miller, John Miller and Forrister Millard and Tom Thornburg, Steve Miller, David Mineric, Guy Miller and Cliff Simpson, Dion (Dino) Montello, Dino Montello and Gary Haile, Jack Muma, Johnny Murphy, Cortland (Cort) Morris, Gene Murphy and Bob Yerkes, and Johnny Murphy.
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N-T

List of Models

Phil Nelson, Don Nisson, Jim Nolan, Jim Nolan and Howard Steele, Larry Nielsen, Phil Nelson, Al Newman, Vern O'Connor, Howard Olsen, John Pappas, William Parks, Louis Paul, Tony Perry and unidentified, Jack Pestell, Les Petroff, Terry Pflegler, Elbra Phillips (questionable), Bob Pische, Jack Porter, Robert Powers, Dave Prenatt, Blackie Preston and Lee Hayes, Robert Quist, Al Rains, Kenneth Rashoff, Irwin Rudolph, Pat Root, Robert Riley, Bob Roome, Wayne Roberts, Jack Rooke, Jerry Royce, "Sailor and the 'B' Girl," Peary Sanders, Bernie Safire, Jack Schaeffer, Wally Shillcutt (Schillcutt), Bob Schwartz, Doug Scott and Rick Spencer, Fred Servoss, Don Silvas (Donald Silvis), Donald Silvis and Mac Badgwell, Donald Silvis and Glenn Masters, Bill Simons, Jerry Sims and William Parks, Cliff Simpson, Cliff Simpson and unidentified model, Stan Soderburg, Ben Sorrensen, Sandy Souci, Jimmy Spies, Lloyd Stewart, Mike Sutton and two unidentified models, Johnny Stumps, Mike Sylvia, Ed Taylor, Roger Thorne, Howard Thomas, Paul Timcho, Tom Thornburg, "Trick or Treat," John Tristram, and John Tristram and Forrester Millard.
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W-Z

List of Models

Bob Wainwright, Bob Wainwright and Bob Jensen, Robert Warner, Billy Watts, Lee Wendell, George White, Dave Wiler, John Winship, Pat Wilton, Henry Wright, Bob Yorkers, Buddy Young, Bob Yerkes, and Mike Zurio.