Bernarr Macfadden posing on a pedestal
1893
Macfadden billed as Professor B. A. McFadden, posed in imitation of classical statuary. He founded Physical Culture magazine six years later and ran the Madison Square Garden contest of 1903 to 1904 won by Al Treloar.
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