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...trousers, and in the process earned a reputation as "the raciest thing around," according to Dian Hanson's The History of Men's Magazines, Vol. 1. As Hanson notes, the 1920s also marked the debut of Dawn magazine, a publication concerned with the erotic intersection of "eugenics, nudism and figure studies." By the end of that decade and into the 1930s, the nascent comic book industry was a leading purveyor of porn. Folios known as "Tijuana Bibles" - 2-by-4-in., eight-page booklets named after their alleged place of publication - portrayed popular cartoon characters and movie stars (from Popeye...
...Nudism for the Whole Family...
...your article on nudist camps, my great-grandfather Silas Ilsley Boone (1879-1968) was mentioned as a minister who ran an early nudist organization [SOCIETY, June 30]. "Uncle Danny," as everyone called him, was a minister and a renowned scientist and publisher. After visiting Germany, he became interested in nudism and wanted to popularize the movement in the U.S. I spent many summers at Sunshine Park, a well-known nudist camp that he had established in Mays Landing, N.J. One September I stood in front of my school class and said I had spent my summer at a nudist camp...
...contrary to what you might think, American nudism is not rooted in the hippie '60s. A 1988 history, Family Naturism in America, credits German immigrant Kurt Barthel with organizing the first nudist outing in the U.S. in 1929. Barthel trumpeted the presumed hygienic benefits of light and air on the body. Within a decade, the American Sunbathing Association--which later became A.A.N.R.--was founded. It was run by Baptist minister Ilsley Boone, who for decades enforced a family atmosphere by refusing membership to clubs that sold alcohol...
...camp. A typical observation came from Gordon, the 16-year-old: "With girls on the outside, you get to know the clothes, not the person. If I am looking for a girlfriend, being a nudist is actually better"--better from a moral standpoint, he clarifies--"because I think [nudism] is less sexual than trying to get attention with certain outfits." Nudists as moralizers? There's more. The presence of so many kids at nudist resorts has resulted in a proliferation of rules governing naked behavior. Nudists may ignore the No. 1 precept of human interaction since Adam...