[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: Military Secrets] (open access)

[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: Military Secrets]

A spread from Esquire magazine featuring an illustration of a blonde Varga Girl wearing a sheer dress printed with the verse "Military Secrets" by Phil Stack. On the following side of the spread is a reproduction offset lithograph print of the painting The Jap Eradicator by John Falter used especially for the September edition 1943. The painting depicts two soldiers camouflaged in jungle plants firing an automatic weapon.
Date: September 1943
Creator: Vargas, Alberto; Stack, Phil & Falter, John
Object Type: Clipping
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: Patriotism Minus] (open access)

[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: Patriotism Minus]

A spread from Esquire magazine featuring an illustration of a brunette Varga Girl wearing a floor-length silver dress paired with the verse Patriotism Minus by Phil Stack. On the following side of the spread is a reproduction offset lithograph print of men's fashion illustrations by William Pachner featuring shoes and socks for every occasion accompanied with labels and descriptive text.
Date: November 1941
Creator: Vargas, Alberto; Stack, Phil & Pachner, William
Object Type: Clipping
System: The UNT Digital Library
[True Magazine Petty Girl Illustration] (open access)

[True Magazine Petty Girl Illustration]

Page from True magazine featuring a Petty Girl illustration of a dark-haired woman in a red body suit followed by a reproduction print of an unsigned gouchae painting. The painting is a nature scene featuring a hawk, squirrel, and deer. Pin-ups by artist George Petty or "Petty Girls" first made their appearance in 1933 and into the 1950s set the standard for American female beauty. The hallmarks of Petty pin-ups are elongated limbs most noted in the legs, a flirtatious smile, and telephones.
Date: [1945..1950]
Creator: Petty, George
Object Type: Clipping
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Hurrell Photograph: Betty Grable] (open access)

[Hurrell Photograph: Betty Grable]

A page from the August edition of Esquire magazine 1942. The front features a print of a color Hurrell photograph of actress Betty Grable [1916-1973]. The backside features a printed reproduction of the Declaration of Independence framed by columns and a painting depicting the continental congress by William Pachner.
Date: August 1942
Creator: Hurrell, George & Pachner, William
Object Type: Clipping
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Esquire Magazine Illustrations of Varga Sailor Girl and a Horse Race] (open access)

[Esquire Magazine Illustrations of Varga Sailor Girl and a Horse Race]

Page from Esquire magazine featuring a spread of a blonde Varga Girl wearing a modified white naval dress uniform paired with a two stanza descriptive verse by Phil Stack. Following the pin-up is a reproduction print of the painting Man O' War Beating John P. Grier" by Frank Voss done especially for Esquire Magazine April 1945. The painting celebrates the famous American Thoroughbred racehorse Man O' War.
Date: April 1945
Creator: Vargas, Alberto & Voss, Frank
Object Type: Clipping
System: The UNT Digital Library
[True Magazine Petty Girl Illustration] (open access)

[True Magazine Petty Girl Illustration]

Page from True magazine featuring illustrations of Petty Girls followed by a wildlife painting by John Whorf of a man in a boat duck hunting. Pin-ups by artist George Petty or "Petty Girls" first made their appearance in 1933 and into the 1950s set the standard for American female beauty. The hallmarks of Petty pin-ups are elongated limbs most noted in the legs, a flirtatious smile, and telephones.
Date: 1947
Creator: Petty, George & Whorf, John
Object Type: Clipping
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: There'll Always Be a Christmas] (open access)

[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: There'll Always Be a Christmas]

A spread from Esquire magazine featuring an illustration of a blonde Varga Girl flying wearing a red, white, and blue sheer dress printed with the navy star paired with a two stanza verse "There'll Always be a Christmas" in a gothic font by Phil Stack. On the following side of the spread is a reproduction offset lithograph print of the painting The Unkillable Quarry by John Falter used especially for the December edition of Esquire Magazine in 1943. The painting/print depicts a soldier (possibly Japanese) in a green jumpsuit parachuting in front of an approaching gold fighter airplane. Behind the plane and the soldier are streaks of clouds in a black sky.
Date: December 1943
Creator: Vargas, Alberto; Stack, Phil & Falter, John
Object Type: Clipping
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Hurrell Photograph: Dinah Shore] (open access)

[Hurrell Photograph: Dinah Shore]

A single page from Esquire magazine featuring color Kodachrome photographs of women and descriptive text. This page features top-charting female artist of the 1940s, African American big band singer Dinah Shore [1916-1994].
Date: 1944
Creator: Hurrell, George
Object Type: Clipping
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Magazine Color Photograph of a Woman] (open access)

[Magazine Color Photograph of a Woman]

Page from Esquire Magazine featuring a color portrait photograph of an unidentified woman and arrangement of reproduction lithographs of paintings by Maxim Kope including, Flamboyant, Women with Fishnet, Tahitian Widow, and Fighting Women. Clipped from the 1943 August edition.
Date: August 1943
Creator: Kopf, Maxim
Object Type: Clipping
System: The UNT Digital Library
Crisis by Fritz Willis (open access)

Crisis by Fritz Willis

Page from Esquire magazine featuring illustrations of women and descriptive text. On the first page, No. 36, a curly auburn-haired woman ankle-deep in a lily pond is startled by a jumping frog. On the facing page, a tall slender woman fixes her hat in front of a vanity table with a slightly open drawer. She is admiring herself wearing undergarments, a summer bonnet, and red heels.
Date: 1947
Creator: Willis, Fritz & De Mers, Joe
Object Type: Clipping
System: The UNT Digital Library
Girl by Al Moore (open access)

Girl by Al Moore

Page from Esquire magazine featuring illustrations of women and descriptive text. On the first page, a blonde woman by Al Moore poses in a bikini on a pattern of purple zebra stripes. On the facing page by Fritz Willis, the blonde model is surrounded by a whirl of autumn leaves that expose her legs and underwear.
Date: October 1947
Creator: Moore, Al & Willis, Fritz
Object Type: Clipping
System: The UNT Digital Library
Dogs Life by Joe De Mers & Fritz Willis (open access)

Dogs Life by Joe De Mers & Fritz Willis

Page from Esquire magazine featuring illustrations of women and descriptive text. On the first page is a collaborative illustration of a woman in a yellow two-piece joyfully receiving a black Cocker Spaniel puppy. On the facing page, by Fritz Willis, an auburn haired figure model sits covered in a black coat between sessions on her posing stool drinking tea
Date: November 1947
Creator: De Mers, Joe
Object Type: Clipping
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Esquire's 1945 Varga Calendar Yearbook]

Esquire's 1945 Varga calendar yearbook of The Varga Girl(s) by Peruvian-American painter Alberto Vargas. The calendar includes all months except January, September, and December. The yearbook includes pages dedicated to birthdays and anniversaries, and "good numbers" for addresses and telephone numbers. Additionally, there are comics from various artists on each month published under Esquire Inc.
Date: 1945
Creator: Vargas, Alberto
Object Type: Artwork
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: Sitting Pretty!] (open access)

[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: Sitting Pretty!]

A spread from Esquire magazine featuring an illustration of a laughing blonde Varga Girl wearing a red, white and blue one-piece swimsuit while surfing paired with the verse "Sitting Pretty!" by Phil Stack. On the following side of the spread is a reproduction print of the painting "Dempsey & Firpo by George Bellows from the Whitney Museum of American Arts' collection used especially for the August edition of Esquire Magazine in 1944. The painting depicts the dramatic moment when Argentinian Luis Firpo knocked American Jack Dempsey out of the ring into the crowd during their 1923 match. Dempsey would go to win the fight. Bellows gave himself a cameo as the balding man seen to the bottom left edge of the oil painting.
Date: August 1944
Creator: Vargas, Alberto; Stack, Phil & Bellows, George
Object Type: Clipping
System: The UNT Digital Library

[1940 Pin Up posters for calendar mockup]

Pin Up poster calendar mockup from 1940 of The Varga Girl(s) by Peruvian-American painter Alberto Vargas. The mockup for the calendar showcases images for the corresponding month beginning in January and ending in December.
Date: 1940
Creator: Vargas, Alberto
Object Type: Artwork
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Hurrell Photograph: Janet Blair] (open access)

[Hurrell Photograph: Janet Blair]

A front and back spread from the December edition of Esquire Magazine 1942. This spread features a color reproduction of a Hurrell photograph of singer and Columbia Studios actress Janet Blair [1921-2007] followed on the reverse by a Santa Varga Girl paired with the verse "Miss Santa Claus" by Phil Stack.
Date: December 1942
Creator: Hurrell, George; Vargas, Alberto & Stack, Phil
Object Type: Clipping
System: The UNT Digital Library

[The 1945 Esquire Varga Calendar & envelope]

Pinup calendar and envelope from 1945, of The Varga Girl(s) by Peruvian-American painter Alberto Vargas. The calendar begins in January and ends with December, featuring verses by Phil Stack.
Date: 1945
Creator: Vargas, Alberto
Object Type: Artwork
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping from a magazine featuring the air force and airplanes] (open access)

[Clipping from a magazine featuring the air force and airplanes]

Magazine clipping of a single front and back leaf with full color lithograph commercially printed illustrations featuring the US Air Force and airplanes. The front illustrations shows a canary yellow "Hellcat" airplane flying framed by clouds with descriptive text that reads "Brightly-Painted Hellcat is believed a special gunnery target". The verso side shows soldiers looking over a map on a runway near a "button-nose" tagged plane.
Date: [1940..1950]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: Song for a Solider] (open access)

[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: Song for a Solider]

A spread from Esquire magazine featuring an illustration of a brunette Varga Girl flying wearing a sheer white nightdress paired with a two stanza verse "Song for a Solider" by Phil Stack. On the following side of the spread is a reproduction offset lithograph print of men's winter fashion illustrations by William Pachner paired with descriptive text of the scene depicting individuals gathered for the launch of a U.S submarine.
Date: March 1943
Creator: Vargas, Alberto; Stack, Phil & Pachner, William
Object Type: Clipping
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: Beauts and Saddles] (open access)

[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: Beauts and Saddles]

A spread from Esquire magazine featuring an illustration of a blonde Varga Girl styled to a western theme paired with the verse "Beauts and Saddles" by Phil Stack. On the following side of the spread is a reproduction offset lithograph print of men's fashion illustrations by William Pachner accompanied by descriptive text.
Date: November 1942
Creator: Vargas, Alberto; Stack, Phil & Pachner, William
Object Type: Clipping
System: The UNT Digital Library
[True Magazine Petty Girl Illustration] (open access)

[True Magazine Petty Girl Illustration]

A spread page from True magazine featuring an illustration of a blonde Petty Girl paired with the text "Don't tell me that's a bobby too!" followed by the illustration "A sight-seers map of Manhattan" by Paul Savitt. Savitt's map is an illustrative cartoon numbered and labeled with locations, people, streets, and buildings with descriptive text, as the 77 essential things to do in Manhattan. Pin-ups by artist George Petty or "Petty Girls" first made their appearance in 1933 and into the 1950s set the standard for American female beauty. The hallmarks of Petty pin-ups are elongated limbs most noted in the legs, a flirtatious smile, and telephones.
Date: 1946
Creator: Petty, George & Savitt, Paul
Object Type: Clipping
System: The UNT Digital Library
Expectation by Fritz Willis (open access)

Expectation by Fritz Willis

Pages from Esquire magazine featuring illustrations of women and descriptive text. On the first page, is Expectation by Fritz Willis, depicting blonde starlet daydreaming on set. On the facing page, the same actress is seen engaged in conversation with a film crew.
Date: September 1946
Creator: Willis, Fritz & De Mers, Joe
Object Type: Clipping
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: Some Pumpkins!] (open access)

[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: Some Pumpkins!]

A spread from Esquire magazine featuring an illustration of a redhead Varga Girl wearing a short black satin dress with black stocking paired with the verse "Some Pumpkins!" by Phil Stack. On the following side of the spread is a reproduction print of the painting "Tommy Hitchcock: Ten Goal American" by Tony Palazzo used especially for the October edition of Esquire Magazine in 1944. The painting depicts American polo star Tommy Hitchcock [1900-1944] mid-swing scoring a goal.
Date: October 1944
Creator: Vargas, Alberto; Stack, Phil & Palazzo, Tony
Object Type: Clipping
System: The UNT Digital Library

[The 1946 Esquire Varga Calendar & envelope]

Pinup calendar and envelope from 1946, of The Varga Girl(s) by Peruvian-American painter Alberto Vargas. The calendar begins in January and ends with December, featuring verses by Phil Stack.
Date: 1946
Creator: Vargas, Alberto
Object Type: Artwork
System: The UNT Digital Library