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Title: Roméo L'Heureux photographs
Dates: circa 1945-1954
Collection Number: 2000-33
Creator/Collector:
L’Heureux, Roméo
Extent: 1 box (0.5 linear feet)
Repository:
GLBT Historical Society
San Francisco, California 94103
Abstract: This is a collection of original prints taken by early to mid-century physique photographers Edwin Townsend, Volpé, and Al
Urban, as well as early (circa 1945-1954) prints by such artists as Lon, Kovert, Bob Mizer, Constantine, and Russ Warner.
Language of Material: English
Collection is open for research. Funding for processing this collection was provided by a grant from the National Historical
Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC). The erotica in this collection may only be viewed by researchers age eighteen
and over and it is made available for educational and research purposes.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Managing
Archivist at the GLBT Historical Society. Permission to publish is given on behalf of the Historical Society as the owner
of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be
obtained from the copyright owner.
[Identification of item]. Roméo L'Heureux photographs. Collection Number: 2000-33. GLBT Historical Society
Gift of Roméo L'Heureux in May 2000.
Scope and Content of Collection
This is a collection of original prints taken by early to mid-century physique photographers Edwin Townsend, Volpé, and Al
Urban, as well as early (circa 1945-1954) prints by such artists as Lon, Kovert, Bob Mizer, Constantine, and Russ Warner.
The anchor of this collection is a group of nine photographs taken by Townsend, and one by Volpé, of the famous bodybuilder
and model Anthony Sansone, who L'Heureux knew in New York in the 1940s. These are increasingly rare prints, several of which
are hand-tinted and/or signed by Sansone. The collection also includes a rare copy of “Rhythm” a book dedicated “To The Glory
That Was Greece” with photos of Sansone. GSSO linked terms: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_008194; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_008525
Gay men
Erotica
Mizer, Bob
Sansone, Anthony J.