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WaPo: Never before published images of men in love between 1850 and 1950

Hugh Nini and Neal Treadwell’s journey began in an antiques shop in Dallas when they discovered a photograph of two men, unmistakably in love.

Nini and Treadwell saw themselves in the two men in the photograph and were filled with so many questions about who they were. Neither of them expected that this photograph would become the first of a 2,800-image collection and that they would publish their own book, “LOVING — A Photographic History of Men in Love 1850s-1950s.”

Nini and Treadwell would come to refer to this book as their “accidental collection.” Each year, as they traveled Europe, Canada and the United States, they combed through boxes of photos at flea markets and in antiques shops to find more photos of men in love. In the beginning, the collection was composed only of found photographs that they felt spoke to them. Eventually, they began to pursue them actively online, in estate sales and in family archives.

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by Anonymousreply 4September 30, 2020 4:54 AM

Beautiful pictures!

I love the one where two guys are holding up a sign saying "Not married but willing to be" in 1900!!

by Anonymousreply 1September 29, 2020 9:39 PM

Paywalled.

by Anonymousreply 2September 29, 2020 9:48 PM

The book must have a website. The pics are amazing record of gay history.

by Anonymousreply 3September 29, 2020 9:53 PM

Love it!

by Anonymousreply 4September 30, 2020 4:54 AM
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