[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: Bouquet for a Bride] (open access)

[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: Bouquet for a Bride]

A spread from Esquire magazine featuring an illustration of a Varga Girl styled as a bride in a wedding dress, veil, and stockings throwing her shoe paired with a two stanza verse "Bouquet for a Bride" 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 hats accompanied by descriptive text for the June edition 1943.
Date: June 1941
Creator: Vargas, Alberto; Stack, Phil & Pachner, William
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: Curves are Trumps ] (open access)

[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: Curves are Trumps ]

A spread from Esquire magazine featuring an illustration of a redhead Varga Girl flying styled to a card and gambling theme paired with a two stanza verse "Curves are Trumps" by Phil Stack. On the following side of the spread is a reproduction offset lithograph print of sketches and photographs celebrating fathers day clipped from the June edition of Esquire Magazine in 1943.
Date: June 1941
Creator: Vargas, Alberto; Stack, Phil & De Vos, Leon
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: Matrimony Preferred] (open access)

[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: Matrimony Preferred]

A spread from Esquire magazine featuring an illustration of a blonde Varga Girl styled as a bride with a short white off-the-shoulder dress and veil accented with gardenias paired with the verse "Matrimony Prefered" by Phil Stack. On the following side of the spread is a reproduction print of the painting "The Giant Killer" by John Falter used especially for the June edition of Esquire Magazine in 1944. The painting depicts a lone soldier silhouetted against the sky gunning down a tank on a hill overlooking a river on a clouded night.
Date: June 1944
Creator: Vargas, Alberto; Stack, Phil & Falter, John
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: Warning Signal] (open access)

[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: Warning Signal]

A spread from Esquire magazine featuring an illustration of a ginger Varga Girl wearing a white dress with coordinating sandals and headband paired with the verse "Warning Signal" by Phil Stack. On the following page is a reproduction print of the painting Bobby Jones' Trying to Putt in the '29 Open done for the June 1945 edition.
Date: June 1945
Creator: Vargas, Alberto; Stack, Phil & Fawcett, Robert
System: The UNT Digital Library
Camouflage by Al Moore (open access)

Camouflage by Al Moore

Page from Esquire magazine featuring illustrations of women and descriptive text. On the first page, a black-haired woman lays seductively on a leopard-skin wearing a matching top and bottom with red lipstick and nail polish. The description discusses the leopard in regards to women's fashion and behavior throughout history. On the facing page, a woman in a black riding habit and boots lays sprawled on the ground in shock holding her riding crop in her right hand.
Date: June 1947
Creator: Moore, Al & Baz, Ben-Hur
System: The UNT Digital Library
Concentration by Joe De Mers (open access)

Concentration by Joe De Mers

Page from Esquire magazine featuring illustrations of women and descriptive text. On the first page, no. 52, a blonde woman sits cross-legged on the floor surrounded by tea and sewing supplies. She is following a magazine to embellish a straw garden hat with flowers, which she is holding up to examine intently. On the facing page, a dialogue between a model wearing a swimsuit and a man wearing a tan suit is taking place on a photo shoot set. The two individuals are surrounded by lights, chairs, and film cameras.
Date: June 1947
Creator: De Mers, Joe & Willis, Fritz
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Esquire Girl: Painting by Al Moore "Medium- Rare" (open access)

The Esquire Girl: Painting by Al Moore "Medium- Rare"

Page from Esquire magazine featuring illustrations of women and descriptive text. On the first page, a landscape spread, by Al Moore, of a blonde woman lounging on her stomach in a blue striped two-piece bathing suit. She has with her a radio, sunglasses, cigarettes, and matches. The page is stamped with the location the magazine was purchased as a Russell's Men's Department. The facing page is a muted-tone machismo bull and matador painting done by Ben Stahl.
Date: June 1950
Creator: Moore, Al
System: The UNT Digital Library