Vintage Photograph Photo Negative STEVE REEVES Original

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Title: Bodybuilding Star Steve Reeves Date: circa 1940s or 1950s Size: 3" x 5" original photo negative* (+ bonus retouched 8x10 reprint) Condition: Good with Minor Scratches/Condition IssuesDescription: this original, one of a kind negative (+ bonus retouched 8x10 reprint) features bodybuilding superstar Steve Reeves. I am not sure who the individuals are who are seen to his right. Steve is shirtless and dons flip-flops or thongs and a pairof white trousers. This rare piece will appeal to the fan of bodybuilding,bodybuilders, physical culture, male nudes, and Hollywood ephemera, swordand sandal, and physique photography. Please note that this scan cuts off Steve's left arm a bit but the original negative contains it entirely.* please note that this is a photo negative. What you see above is a scanned image of the photo negative -- in other words, what the negative will look like once printed. Don't have a negativescanner? I am happy to email my scan to the high bidder on request. SHIPPING All negatives are shipped surrounded by acid free material. Shipping within the continental U.S. is $2.00. I am happy to ship abroad, combine orders, and do everything I can to get this item to you in pristine condition. ABOUT LUCKY-COCONUT Like this image? I sell lots more in my eBay store. CLICK ! ABOUT STEVE REEVES Born in Glasgow, Montana, Steve Reeves moved to California at the age of 10 with his mother Goldie, after his father Lester Dell Reeves died in a farming accident. Reeves developed an interest in bodybuilding while in high school and trained at Ed Yarick's gym in Oakland. By the time he was 17 he had developed a Herculean build, long before the rise in general interest in bodybuilding. After graduating from high school, he entered the Army during the latter part of World War II, and served in the Pacific.BodybuildingReeves won the following bodybuilding titles: * 1946 - Mr. Pacific Coast * 1947 - Mr. Western America * 1947 - Mr. America * 1948 - Mr. World * 1950 - Mr. UniverseBy his own account, his best cold (unpumped) measurements at the peak of his bodybuilding activity were: * Height: 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) * Weight: 216 * Neck: 18 1/4" * Chest: 52" * Waist: 29" * Biceps: 18 1/4" * Thighs: 26" * Calves: 18 1/4"Reeves was known for his "V-taper" and for the great width of his shoulders, which Armand Tanny once measured at 23 1/2" using outside calipers.Arnold Schwarzenegger's Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding states:By [the 1940s] the distinction between lifting weights purely for strength and training with weights to shape and proportion the body had been clearly made. ... However, bodybuilding still remained an obscure sport. No champion was known to the general public--that is, until Steve Reeves came along. Reeves was the right man in the right place at the right time. He was handsome, personable, and had a magnificent physique. Survivors from the Muscle Beach era recall how crowds used to follow Reeves when he walked along the beach, and how people who knew nothing about him would simply stop and stare, awestruck.ActingAfter his WWII military service, Reeves decided to try his hand at acting, having been told endlessly that he had the rugged good looks of a Hollywood star. After some intensive actor training, he came to the attention of film director Cecil B. De Mille, who considered him for the part of Samson in Samson and Delilah (1949). After a dispute over his physique in which De Mille and the studio wanted Reeves to lose 15 pounds of muscle, the part finally went to Victor Mature.In 1954 he had a co-starring role in his first major motion picture, the musical Athena playing Jane Powell's boyfriend. The same year Reeves had a small role as a cop in the Ed Wood film Jail Bait. This is one of the few opportunities to hear Reeves's voice as most of his later films were dubbed. Reeves's appearance in Athena prompted I... read more

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