In this handsome photograph, Sandow appears to be in his 30s. Sandow was an excellent businessman. He had a mail order business he ran from Boston by the time this photograph was made. Note how well Sandow's obliques (muscles at the sides of the waistline) are developed. Earle Liederman wrote that a man with a thin waist without this oblique development looked "weak"... the Victorian muscle champions developed these muscles, and even had poses that displayed these to advantage. This is a sharp contrast to the taste of most bodybuilders of today who prefer a leaner, slimmer waistline area.