Unknown Model Photographed by Fred and William Ritter

Brothers Fred and William Ritter took this photograph of this unknown model.

Fred and William Ritter Photographed by the Ritter Brothers

Brothers Fred and William Ritter took this self-portrait in the 1930's.

Fred and William Ritter Photographed by the Ritter Brothers

Brothers Fred and William Ritter took this self-portrait in the 1930's.

When you jump to this post on the blog, you can read about their pivotal role in the creation of vintage beefcake as we know it today.

Unknown Model Photographed by the Ritter Brothers

In the 1930's, brothers Fred and William Ritter took this photograph of this unknown model.

Fred and William Ritter Photographed by the Ritter Brothers

In the 1930's, brothers Fred and William Ritter took these photographs of themselves.

I hope to obtain larger versions of these images.

William Ritter Photographed by the Ritter Brothers

Brothers Fred and William Ritter took this photograph of William Ritter.

When you jump to this post on the blog, you can read about the brothers' role in the 1930's in the creation of vintage beefcake.

William Ritter Photographed by the Ritter Brothers

Brothers William and Fred Ritter took this photograph of William Ritter.

Fred and William Ritter Photographed by the Ritter Brothers

In the 1930's, brothers Fred and William Ritter took these photographs of themselves.

When you jump to this post on the blog, you can read about their pivotal role in the creation of vintage beefcake as we know it today.

Fred and William Ritter

In the 1930's, brothers Fred and William Ritter took these photographs of themselves.

When you jump to this post on the blog, you can read about the brothers' pivotal role in the origin of vintage beefcake.

Unknown Model Photographed by Fred and William Ritter

Brothers Fred and William Ritter took this photograph of this unknown model.

When you jump to this post on the blog, you can read a bit about the brothers' influence on the birth of vintage beefcake.

Fred and William Ritter

In the 1930's, brothers Fred and William Ritter took this photograph of themselves.

I have only a few images of Fred, who is on the left in this photograph.

Unknown Models Photographed by the Ritter Brothers

Brothers Fred and William Ritter took this nice photograph of unknown models in the 1930's.

Please jump to this post on the blog to learn more about the Ritters and their influence on physique photography.

Nathan Neuman Photographed by the Ritter Brothers

Nathan Neuman looks like an Olympian in this photograph taken in the 1930's by brothers William and Fred Ritter.

William Ritter and Nathan Neuman Photographed by the Ritter Brothers

Brothers William and Fred Ritter took these great photographs of William standing above Nathan Neuman and of William lying on his back.

Please jump to this post on the blog to learn more about these siblings photographing male physiques in 1930's Long Island, New York.

Fred and William Ritter

In the 1930's, Fred and William Ritter, brothers who lived in Astoria, Long Island, New York, advertised physique photographs in fitness magazines like Strength and Health.

In the closets of their house, they shot images of themselves and the men they recruited from local gyms.

In this post, Fred and William pose together, while William poses solo outdoors.

It was they who paved the way for other photographers of adult male nudes to advertise their images in American magazines and newspapers until the late 1940's, when the United States Postal Inspection Service forced the owners of Strength and Health and other physique magazines to stop carrying these ads or lose the right to ship their magazines through the mail.