"vintage or when men had pubes"

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Bill Eld was one of the biggest exemplars of the new wave of models in nude male photography. The mega hung. Through the 30s, 40s, 50s and 60s, photographers had concentrated on good looks and good physiques. Size wasn't important. In fact, maybe even eschewed as distracting from the overall beauty of the of the models.

But when the Supreme Court struck down much of censorship laws in the late 60s, photographers quickly realized there was big money to be made in big equipment, and I'm not talking about cameras creating higher resolution images for the big screen. The big schlongs Bill Eld and John Holmes were attached to were up and coming to adult theaters and home screens. Like when the talkies forced out the old stars of the silent era whose voices weren't well suited for sound (like Greta Garbo's costar, "The Great Lover" John Gilbert), the smaller-endowed models of the older era faded from view, either voluntarily or involuntary. Small cocks, as they're wont to, disappeared. Big cocks ruled! Only in the last decade or so have little ones made a small comeback.

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"The Great Lover", silent movie star John Gilbert
I prefered the golden era handsome, all the late 70's early 80's models look like they need a shower
 
When Dave Martin turned over a large portion of his photo archive to Stanford University late in his long life, he specifically added the following to the curator's notes on the collection:
"My work consists of photography of heterosexual (straight) men. It is not a Gay Archive."

Considering that in many places gay sex was still against the law that was a very smart statement to add - for Dave Martin and the models.
 
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