Jack LaLanne Magazine Covers
Jack LaLanne magazine covers from the 40s through ealry 60s.
Category: 1940s
40s male physique and posing strap images
Ed Thierault in Your Physique Dec 47
Mr. Montreal 1946 Ed Thierault appears in this immediately postwar copy of Your Physique with More articles from the previous summer.
Tex Smutney and Buddy Stanley
Charles “Tex” Smutney poses for George Platt Lynes in 1940-41 with Buddy Stanley. Additional models include Louis Forns (1940) and Bradbury Ball by the Bed.
George Eiferman
Mr. America 1948 George Eiferman featured in the muscle magazines of the late 40s and early 50s.
John Grimek Workouts
It seems everyone in the 1940s wanted to have a body like John Grimek and the various fitness journals of the time were there to document his workout in fine detail… If you want a body that fits in 1948, read on.
John Grimek 1944-49
A spiral bound collection of photos of late 1940s bodybuilding legend John Grimek by Lon of NY.
Mr. America 1949 Melvin Wells
Melvin Wells was one of the first black men to win the Mr. America bodybuilding competition back in 1949.
John Grimek: Mr. USA 1949
John Grimek faced tough competition to become Mr. USA 1949 after already reaching Mr. Universe in 1948…