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The Western Nudist Research Library is an independent member-supported nonprofit incorporated in 2006, on the grounds of the Glen Eden Sun Club. Our mission is to catalogue, digitize, and preserve the history of nudism.
Ever notice how different everything looks and feels when you're upside down? Rules don’t seem so fixed, burdens aren't quite as heavy and you just feel giddy.
That’s what naturism can feel like. No hiding, just being yourself without the layers you were taught to need.
Happy Lunar New Year. It’s the Year of the Fire Horse, which they say brings energy, independence, and a bit of wild spirit.
Here’s to a year of strength, good fortune, and staying in the saddle no matter what.
Wishing you happiness and prosperity all year long.
📸 1965 Nudist Photo Field Trip
That would be Barcelona.
17.02.2026 19:23 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Celebrate Mardi Gras in a way that would make Bacchus proud: with a few wild friends, some questionable decision making, and absolutely no plans for tomorrow. Laissez les bons temps rouler!
📸 1965 Oct/Nov/Dec Jaybird Journal
Another new week is here! Let's jump in with both feet and make some waves!
📸 1968 Nudist Photo Field Trip
1962 Nudism's Golden Days magazine published a nudist Magna Carta, calling for acceptance, dignity, and freedom to live authentically. Decades later, we seem to be losing ground on all points.
What do you think we can do today to help advance our freedoms?
#nudism #naturism #bodyacceptance
This was a series called Sunnie. We've seen this cartoon in other magazines but it was prominent in Utopia Magazine.
13.02.2026 15:18 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
Funny Friday
📸 1964 Utopia Magazine
Looking to give back to the nudist community in more ways than just sunscreen recommendations? The WNRL welcomes volunteers, donations, and the occasional piece of legendary naturist paraphernalia. Message us and let’s make something happen.
📸 1965 Paradise Quarterly
Is it 5:00 yet?
📸 1968 Nudist Photo Field Trip
Naturism isn’t about running away from something. It’s about running toward authenticity.
It’s the friendships, the laughter, the shared courage of showing up exactly as you are.
📸 1965 Nudism in Action magazine
There are Mondays you control, and Mondays you just manage to hold onto. If today felt like taming a wild tiger, congratulations on making it through.
📸 1968 Nudist Photo Field Trip
No matter the occasion, or the dress code, Champagne is alway appropriate.
📸 1967 Sun Era Magazine
We'd vote for that!
07.02.2026 22:31 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The Greeks invented the #Olympics, and everyone competed #naked. It was about celebrating the body, honoring the gods like Zeus, and total freedom of movement. They didn't have winter sports, but honestly, the original concept still holds up.
📸 1966 Sun Lore magazine
It's Work Naked Day today! Is this what they mean when they say to dress for the job you want?
📸 Nudist News Front
Did you know February 5th is National Shower With a Friend Day? It's good for the planet and surprisingly good for friendships.
#showerwithafriend #NationalShowerWithAFriendDay
📸 1968 Sun Era magazine
Happy Groundhog Day! Not that this guy has a great track record predicting the arrival of spring.
📸 Jan/Feb 1956 Suntan Magazine
Very true, Paul. That's why we wrote that way so as not to be specific to naturism. Just be your true self, clothed or not!
01.02.2026 16:49 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Emerging as your true self means letting go of who you were told to be.
No costumes. No apologies.
Just confidence, authenticity, and the decision to stop caring who is watching.
We're always looking for people to help out, even if it's just for an hour or two. And no clothes preferred.
31.01.2026 18:30 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0If you come volunteer at the library, every day is nudist day. 😊
31.01.2026 14:17 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0One of the funniest actors ever. She will be greatly missed
31.01.2026 00:01 — 👍 15 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0No arguments from us!
30.01.2026 17:45 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A cartoon of a man in a suit walking through an office full of cubicles and people without clothes on.
Funny Friday
📸 2020 Sidelights
Who's ready to dive headfirst into the weekend?
29.01.2026 15:52 — 👍 63 🔁 6 💬 2 📌 0
Channeling your inner Marilyn! Love it!
27.01.2026 21:08 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Thank you for posting this!!! It's such a great interview and we loved hearing how passionate you both are.
26.01.2026 14:53 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0We’d also like to thank Andy Tabbat (bsky.app/profile/bloo...), Woody’s longtime friend and companion in many of his naked adventures. The images he shared, along with his interview with Woody from a few years ago, offer a glimpse into who Woody was and the life he lived.
26.01.2026 14:32 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Honoring Woody Miller, a pillar of San Francisco’s public nudist community who lived openly and without compromise. Thank you to his husband, John Wilson, for donating Woody’s nudist collection, including vital LGBTQIA+ material our library sorely lacked.
#nudism #LGBTQIA #naturism #sanfrancisco
