A young Eugen Sandow, photographed here in the late 1880s, after leaving Prussia to embark on his ea

A young Eugen Sandow, photographed here in the late 1880s, after leaving Prussia to embark on his early career as a circus strongman. As befitting someone whose body would become his business, he reveals almost all to show those superbly defined flexed muscles for the admiration of his audience.