Dale Gilbert and a Conklin Twin Photographed by the Western Photography Guild

Here's another photograph taken by the Western Photography Guild of Dale Gilbert battling one of the Conklin twins.

Dale Gilbert and a Conklin Twin Photographed by the Western Photography Guild

Here's another great photograph taken by the Western Photography Guild of Dale Gilbert battling one of the Conklin twins.

Dale Gilbert and a Conklin Twin Photographed by the Western Photography Guild

The Western Photography Guild took this outstanding photograph of Dale Gilbert battling one of the Conklin twins.

Dale Gilbert and a Conklin Twin Photographed by the Western Photography Guild

The Western Photography Guild took this outstanding photograph of Dale Gilbert battling one of the Conklin twins.

Dale Gilbert and Ray McGuire Photographed by the Western Photography Guild

The Western Photography Guild took this photograph of Dale Gilbert and Ray McGuire.

Dale Gilbert and Ray McGuire Photographed by the Western Photography Guild

The Western Photography Guild took this photograph of Dale Gilbert and Ray McGuire.

Harold Adducci and Paul Labriola Photographed by the Western Photography Guild

This photograph taken by the Western Photography Guild of Harold Adducci battling Paul Labriola is one of the studio's most sublime images.

While you'll find exciting photographs of this duo when you jump to this post, this post and this one, you must jump to this post featuring the studio's image of Martin Moss and Dale Gilbert to view a photograph as transcendent as the one you see here.

Dale Gilbert and Ray McGuire Photographed by the Western Photography Guild

The Western Photography Guild took this photograph of Dale Gilbert and Ray McGuire.

Dale Gilbert and Ray McGuire Photographed by the Western Photography Guild

The Western Photography Guild took this photograph of Dale Gilbert and Ray McGuire.

Dale Gilbert Photographed by the Western Photography Guild

The Western Photography Guild took this photograph of Dale Gilbert.

Dale Gilbert Photographed by the Western Photography Guild

The Western Photography Guild took this color photograph of Dale Gilbert.

Dale Gilbert Photographed by Modern

Modern makes its premiere on this blog with this double exposure of Dale Gilbert, about whom you can read a bit when you jump to this post on the blog.

Dale Gilbert Photographed by the Western Photography Guild

The Western Photography Guild took this image of Dale Gilbert.

When you jump to this post on the blog, you can see Gilbert posing with Martin Moss in one of the studio's most sublime photographs.

Dale Gilbert and Conklin Twin Photographed by the Western Photography Guild

The Western Photography Guild took this great image of Dale Gilbert wrestling one of the Conklin twins - I do not know if this is Richie or Robbie, but surely a reader must know which brother sported the tiger tattoo.

Dale Gilbert and Vic Mesenzeff

I do not know who took this great photograph of Dale Gilbert and Vic Mesenzeff in the 1950's.

I love Dale's big grin as he points over Vic at something off camera.

Dale Gilbert Photographed by the Western Photography Guild

The Western Photography Guild took this outstanding image of Dale Gilbert, about whom you can read when you jump to this post on the blog.

Dale Gilbert Photographed by the Western Photography Guild

The Western Photography Guild took these nice images of Dale Gilbert, who won the titles Mr. Iowa, Mr. Mid-West, Iowa Middleweight Lifting Champion and Mid-West Middleweight Lifting Champion in 1956 and Mr. South West in 1957.

Martin Moss and Dale Gilbert Photographed by the Western Photography Guild

Even when caught blinking, Martin Moss cannot take a bad photograph.

In the 1950's, the Western Photography Guild took this image in a series of him posing with Dale Gilbert.

When you jump to this post on the blog, you will see the muscular duo in one of the best photographs taken by the Western Photography Guild.

Martin Moss and Dale Gilbert Photographed by the Western Photography Guild

Here's another photograph from the outdoors series of Martin Moss posing with Dale Gilbert taken by the Western Photography Guild.

When you jump to this post on the blog, you will see what I think is one of the best photographs taken by Don Whitman of the Western Photography Guild.

Dale Gilbert and Ray McGuire Photographed by the Western Photography Guild

The Western Photography Guild took these images of Ray McGuire and Dale Gilbert.

I like the one of Ray solo as the viewer can clearly see what a great physique he has.

However, the image of him holding up a reclining Dale is arresting for its otherworldly composition. At first glance, you cannot determine whose arms belong to whom; and the fact that both models are flexing their muscular bodies into almost ballet movements at a vertiginous angle to the hillside does little to appease your unease at viewing the image.