Guild Press founder, Herman Lynn Womack (1923–1985) was an American publisher, and the founder of Guild Press, a Washington, D.C. publishing house that catered almost exclusively to a gay male audience and played a major role in expanding the legal protections for gay publications against obscenity laws in the United States. Trim, Grecian Guild Pictorial, MANual, Guild Book Service, etc. were all produced by Womack.

PHYSIQUE & ART STUDIOS

• Athletic Model Guild, 1936 W. Ilth Street, Los Angeles (6), California.
• Apollo International, 5880 Hollywood Blvd.,  Hollywood 28, California
• ARAX, 31 Blvd., Raspail, Paris Ville, France.
• Bruce of LA, 11762 Kensington Road, Los Alamitos, California.
• Glenn Bishop Studio, P.O. Box 461, Grand Haven, Michigan, U.S.A.
• Cal-Models, Box 285, San Francisco (1). California,
• Colart, 76 King Street, Southall, Middlesex, England. County burham, Eatedand.ane South, Darlington,
• Foto-Grafo, Box 326, Sundbybers. Sweden.
• Fredon, P.O. Box |407, Milwaukee (1), Wisconsin,U.S. A.
• James A. Hills, P.O. Box 4989, San Francisco (I).California.
• Hoffman, 60 Raeburn Place, Edinburgh 4, Scotland.
• J. ROME, Box 2303, Hollywood (28), California.
• Kris Studio, Box 1251, Chicago (90), Illinois, U.S.A
• Mark One, Box 32, Lachine, Quebec, Canada,
• MacLane Studios, Box 9012, Queen Anne Station, Seattle (9), Washington.
• Master Physiques, Box 247, Union City. New Jersey, U.S.A
• MILO, 601 S. Vermont, Los Angeles (5), California, U.S.A.
• Peppino, Corso Palermo 108c, Torino, Italy.
• Pacific Films, 716 Key Route Blvd.. Albany. California, U.S.A.
• Productions International, 5880 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood 28, California.
• Pagan, 6 Nicholas Croft, Manchester,4 England.
• Quaintance Fine Arts Studio, P.O. Box 192. Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.A
• Royale,110 Denbigh Street, London S.W.I.. England
• STAN of Sweden, Ejdergartan 10, Gothenburg 0, Sweden.
• North Star, 21 Wascana, Toronto, Ontario Canada
• Ecsian. Number One, Orme Court, London W.2..
• SEAY, 1406 Pacific Avenue, Venice, California, U.S.A.
• Spectrum, Box 35, Station E, Cincinnati (19)
• T.Y.C., Box 365, El Cerrito, California, U.S.A.
• Titan, P.O. Box 1313, San Francisco (1), California, U.S.A
• Don Wight, 67 Bedford Street, New York 14, N.Y.. U.S.A.
• Willard, Box 2660, Grand Central Station, New York (19), New York, U.S.A.
• Ronald Wright, Berkeley Studio, 5 Mead Lane, Hertford, England.
• J. Zenith, 5880 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood (28), California, U.S.A.

HISTORY

In December 1945, Gay pornography pioneer Bob Mizer founded Athletic Model Guild, or AMG. Mizer's AMG produced Physique Pictorial, the first all-nude and all-male magazine, and the film Beefcake documents his work and the growth of the beefcake magazine industry. H. Lynn Womack published magazines such as Manorama, MANual, Fizeek, and Trim and was involved in the U.S. Supreme Court case MANual Enterprises v. Day (1962). From 1964 to 1967, Clark Polak published DRUM magazine. These magazines had men in posing straps in softer Grecian poses rather than the hard muscle flexing that were offered in Weider's muscle magazines.

In the 1960's, the pretense of being about exercise and fitness was dropped as controls on pornography were reduced. By the end of the decade gay pornography became legal, and the market for beefcake magazines collapsed.

Due to recent delivery issues with the USPS I prefer to ship all magazines, digests and paperback books via Priority Mail. Up to $100 of insurance is included in this price. If you require additional insurance please let me know before I invoice you. I'm selling my collection of vintage 1950-1980s gay pulp paperback novels, pictorial and hardcore magazines, physique photography, magazines, artwork and other LGBTQ ephemera.