Comments on: Muscle Beach, Santa Monica, 1957

By: Jack Cron

Jack Cron — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 16:21:19 +0000

“NO” that isn’t Hot Dog on a stick in background. It was about 150′ N. and Armand Tanny (my friend) died in 2009 at age 90. His brother Vic, started the Tanny Gym’s where Joe Gold first started body building in Santa Monica. Plus, the is the PURSER apts. in background, owned by another friend, “Bob Frank” .

By: Cisco

Cisco — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 23:10:59 +0000

Great pictures,Muscle beach is still there, but there is more acrobacts,gymnast, stunperson from the movie industry that still work out every Sunday. I still talk to many of the original crew from muscle beach. I see Armond Tanny (Mr America 1950) he is know 85 years old

By: Dick Stark

Dick Stark — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 00:31:29 +0000

Just a note. I can remember when I was at Muscle Beach and Doug Strohl was a star then. My membership was just $3 bucks per year and Muscle Beach was sure a fun place. I still train and think that I will be looking good again at 70. Cheers…Dick Stark

By: Katie

Katie — Fri, 10 Feb 2006 21:23:57 +0000

Is that hotdog on a stick in the back left?

By: Buz Carter

Buz Carter — Fri, 10 Feb 2006 01:59:59 +0000

A Goliath descends or Lilliputians attack?

Forced-perspective? Messed-up relative-scales, what-have-you, that’s what I’m loving here.

A man with powerful inner ear balance here wows the crowd by balancing a tiny 6-inch child on his extended finger tips while another climbs to remove his navel-lint.

Beware the giants for they just want to enslave us to do their grooming.