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| Western Photography Guild The deep, clear sky of the American West played as much of a starring role in Don Whitman's photographs as did his male models. One could almost hear the music of Aaron Copland swelling in the background as the hunky giants wrestled and danced along the ridges of the Rockies. For more information, please see the Collector's Notes below. Learn more about Don Whitman's Western Photography Guild and Beefcake-era photography by visiting other sites, reading book reviews and purchasing titles of interest from our Links & Books page. |
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"Mountain Man" |
"Bill Melbey" circa 1950s, $950 Don Whitman Western Photography Guild 8x10" black & white Stamped Series23 No. 6-20 |
"Jim Peters?" circa 1950s, $750 Don Whitman Western Photography Guild 5½x7" black & white Stamped Series 17 No. 8 |
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"Conklin Twins" |
"Jim Dardanis" |
"Les Workman" circa 1950s, $350 Don Whitman Western Photography Guild 5½x7" black & white Stamped Series17 No. 6 |
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"Phil Lambert" |
"Steve Wengryn" |
"Keith Lewin" |
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"Wrestlers" |
"Jim Drinkward" |
"Pat Burnham & Owens" |
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"Pat Burnham & Owens" |
"Conklin Twins" |
"Larry Scott Flexing" |
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"Paul Labriola & Harold Alducci" |
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| These are the most common Western Photography Guild stamps beginning at the top with the earliest and continuing cronologically down the page. Note that one can date a WPG photograph according to the changes in zip code standards. The earliest stamp had no zip code, followed by the single-digit code introduced in 1943, and finally the five-digit zip code introduced in 1963. The earliest stamps also included the words "Series" and "No." in the numbers, and sometimes included the name of the series, such as the "Wrestling Series" below. | ||||||||
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