Roméo L'Heureux photographs

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2023

Descriptive Summary

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

Access

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.

Publication Rights

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item]. Roméo L'Heureux photographs. Collection Number: 2000-33. GLBT Historical Society

Acquisition Information

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

Indexing Terms

Gay men

Erotica

Mizer, Bob

Sansone, Anthony J.