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Zbyssko [i.e., Zbyszko] (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• pennylrichardsca (now at ipernity) said:

  Wladek Zbyszko (1891-1968) was a Polish professional wrestler: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wladek_Zbyszko His older brother Stanislaus Zbyszko (1879-1967) was also a professional wrestler: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislaus_Zbyszko Zbyszko wasn't the family name, it was a nickname from childhood that they both used professionally.

• Joe said:

  I think this photo may depict Stanislaus, rather than Wladek. There's a photo of Stanislaus on this page at the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame. He has that moustache. Maybe the clean-shaven Zybszko in this Bain photo, who I originally took to be Stanislaus, is actually Wladek. There are quite a few pictures of both brothers on the Internet, and they were remarkably similar, but most of the pictures identified as Stanislaus show a guy with a moustache, while those identified as Wladek show him without facial hair. Some undated photos of Wladek here. Two undated photos of Stanley (Stanislaus) here. Photo of an older Stanislaus, sans moustache, here. It's puzzling, anyway.

• pennylrichardsca (now at ipernity) said:

  I wonder if the crossed out word before "Zbyszko" on the original means that the first annotator also wasn't sure whether it was Wladek or Stanislaus! I'd agree it looks more like Stanislaus. He'd have been in his early 30s when this photo was taken (assuming 1910-1915 is correct), and Wladek only in his early 20s. Hard to say, but I'd believe the standing man here is 32 or 33, rather than 20 or 21.

• Joe said:

  That would be some serious hair loss for a guy barely into his twenties.