Photograph of a brown squirrel sitting on top of green North Texas Daily newspaper kiosk. The squirrel is facing the camera while holding and eating an acorn. The Hurley Administration Building north entrance is visible in the background of the image.

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Charles William Sloan. Sloan joined the Navy in mid-1942. He completed torpedo school in San Diego, California. He landed in Noumea, New Caledonia in January of 1944, then transferred to Tulagi where he worked in a torpedo shop, conducting inspections on Mark 15 torpedoes and preparing them to go aboard submarines and destroyer escorts. Sloan served as Third-Class Torpedoman, working specifically on torpedo engines, air flaps, afterbodies, warheads and exploders. He provides vivid details of his work, and life on Tulagi. He returned to the U.S. in February of 1945 for medical reasons, and received his discharge.

Photographs of "Magic Windows: An Antique Revolving Picture Book" by Ernest Nister, held by UNT Special Collections. The cover of the book is pale pink with the top and sides made to look like folded curtains. In the middle is a circle with an illustration on the inside of 3 young children looking out of an open window. The main title is at the top and the subtitle at the bottom. Image 2, "Three Little Kittens" poem with three sketches of cats on each side of it. The right page contains a circular movable illustration of cats in various objects, such as shoes. The page is framed at the top and sides by a pale blue curtain. Image 3, "Spot poem with an illustration of sheep on the left side of the page and the words going around it. The page on the right is a movable circular illustration of sheep, framed by pale blue curtains at the top and sides of the page.

Photographs of Jan Pienkowski's "Robot," held by UNT Special Collections. The cover of the book is black with a robot/electronic design mostly made up of small yellow parts, but also includes orange, purple, pink, blue and green. The title is over the middle in big white letters, with the two O's in "Robot" like eyes. Image 2, heavily detailed pop-up page of a robot wear a red polka dot cap holding a robot baby in one robot hand, and a drink in another. Her robot legs are twisted grey metal. To the left of the mother robot are different shelves filled items in jars. Through a circular window in the top right corner the earth can be seen in dark outer space, and across the bottom of the two pages are the words "miss home cooking -xpect MOM has her hands full with the new." Image 3, closeup of the top of the mom robot pop-up. Image 4, detailed pop-up of a robot from the back blow drying her "hair" in front of a mirror. On the left is a smaller black square robot swinging from the fan. The bottom of the two pages contain the words "How's SIS? Still …

Photographs of "Fun at the Circus," held by UNT Special Collections. The cover of the book has a red spine and the front of it is an illustration of a clown in red, yellow and pointy white hat riding a white horse backwards, Another clown in blue, and red and white stripes stands on the side of the horse. The title is at the top in yellow letters. Image 2, illustration on left page of a jumping clown in red an yellow, holding a circle with a pig jumping through it. At the bottom it is titled "Piggie's Jump." The background shows crowds in the stands watching, and the page on the right has text with a small sketch of a monkey riding a pig in the bottom right. Image 3, bright movable illustration of an elephant in red, and blue/white striped pants riding a tricycle. The page on the left contains text with a sketch on the bottom right corner of a clown.

Photographs of Segar's "Popeye and The Pirates," held by UNT Special Collections. The cover is yellow with the title is in big bubble red letters at the top. Under the title is an illustration of Popeye swinging his arm, the word "splat" in an explosion in front of him surrounded by stars. On the left is a man sitting on top of a pile of gold bags. Image 2, illustration Popeye sticking out of a well, a man to the left and a woman on the right. Behind the well a bright green tree, water behind them. On the left page is the story.

Photographs of "The Pop-Up Buck Rogers: Strange Adventures in the Spider-Ship," held by UNT Special Collections. The cover of the book contains an illustration of a man in a colorful space suit with a flying pack, next to him a lady in green dress and boots flying by hi. To the right is a robot creature with spider body and legs, and a head with a beak as well as blue wings attached to its purple body. The title is at the top, and the bottom right corner contains another robot creature, with the words "With 3 "Pop-Up" Pictures" next to it. Image 2, illustration of Buck Rogers with the woman in green next to him in a desert expanse, above them is a pop-up of the robot creatures with several legs. The bottom is titled "The Battle with the Monster." Image 3, pop-up of Buck Rogers fighting a green bird-like creature, with Buck Rogers holding a red gun towards it. Image 4, side view of Buck Rogers and bird creature with a woman laying down on the ground now seen.

Photographs of Julian Wehrs "The Exciting Adventures of Finnie the Fiddler," held by UNT Special Collections. The cover of the book is a bright yellow, with different illustration of figures, such as a boy playing the fiddle and a tiger. The title is in the middle in bold red letters. All the little illustrations are in a blue circle, which is surrounded by musical notes. At the top are the words "Pictures Come To Life" and "You can really make them move, Watch them play." Image 2, illustration of 3 young children sitting at desks in a classroom. In front of them is a teacher behind her desk yelling at them with her finger pointed. Through the window a sunny day can be seen, the page on the left is filled with text and a blue sketch of a little boy.

Photographs of "The "Pop-up" Puss in Boots with "Pop-up" Pictures," held by UNT Special Collections. The cover of the book contains the title in the bottom right corner. On the right side is a white cat wearing a blue outfit and red boots, while holding a bunny over a hill of grass. Image 2, pop-up of a giant grey cat's head with bright green eyes and long yellow whiskers, holding a spoon in hand. In front of the head is a mouse running away. Image 3, closeup of the mouse running away from the giant cat. Image 4, pop-up of a colorful carriage with a man, woman and child in colorful, fancy clothing riding it. The bright red carriage is being driven by two black horses. On the bottom is another pop-up of a cat and a man in a pool of water.

The articles is about a study of the response of six NIR aza-BODIPY-based and structurally similar fluorophores to polarity and viscosity for incorporation inside Pluronic nanoparticles as switchable fluorescent probes (SFPs). Based on their results, all of these fluorophores were moderately to strongly sensitive to the polarity of the microenvironment. They concluded that attaching amine groups to the fluorophore is not necessary for having strong polarity sensitive probes.

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Charles William Sloan. Sloan joined the Navy in mid-1942. He completed torpedo school in San Diego, California. He landed in Noumea, New Caledonia in January of 1944, then transferred to Tulagi where he worked in a torpedo shop, conducting inspections on Mark 15 torpedoes and preparing them to go aboard submarines and destroyer escorts. Sloan served as Third-Class Torpedoman, working specifically on torpedo engines, air flaps, afterbodies, warheads and exploders. He provides vivid details of his work, and life on Tulagi. He returned to the U.S. in February of 1945 for medical reasons, and received his discharge.

Weekly newspaper from Elgin, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Photographs of Jan Pienkowski's "Haunted House," held by UNT Special Collections. The cover of the book is covered in an illustration of a green door with the title in pink bubble letters in the middle, the author is at the top in lime green bubble letters. The door has a mail slot with a tentacle coming out of it. On the gold doorknob is a paper sticking out with the words "Let yourself in." Image 2, pop-up of gorilla in a bedroom, the bedroom containing golden curtains, bird decorations on the wall, some portraits and a clock on a mantle. A small black cat is in the bottom left. Across the bottom of both pages are the words "I can't seem to settle down. In fact I can't sit still for two minutes." Image 3, pop-up of a bathroom with a purple monster by the bathroom window.

Photographs of Ned Seidler's "Whales: Mighty Giants of the Sea," held by UNT Special Collections. The cover of the book is white with a square illustration of the sea on it containing a big Killer Whale and a smaller one. The title is above it. Image 2, page titled "Whales" with two short paragraphs text. Across the span of both pages is an illustration water that contains Beluga Whales, Narwhals and dolphins. In the middle of both pages is a pop-up of a whales tail sticking out of the roaring waters. Image 3, 2 hands holding a pop-up of dolphins. Image 4, pop-up of dolphins coming out of the water, with an illustration of dolphins also flat on the page.

Photographs of Robert Sabuda's "The Knight's Castle," held by UNT Special Collections. The cover of the book is black with a simple abstract illustration of a purple/blue castle behind two green hills, a white mouse one one of those hills. The title is at the top in white. Image 2, open abstract colorful pop-up of a knights helmet with pink shapes popping up out of the top. Under the helmet are pink, orange and blue blocks that are part of the knights armor. The lining along the bottom of two pages is a line of blue with the words "A mighty warrior- a shining knight!"

Photographs of Robert Sabuda's "The Movable Mother Goose," held by UNT Special Collections. The cover is yellow with a pop-up coming out of the front of a goose with a yellow feathered top, the title is on the left in part of the pop-up with a pale blue background. On top of the goose is the author's name in a bright blue slip. Image 2, pop-up of geese grouped together, with the pages sectioned out by block of color such as blue, pink and orange. In these sections are small poems. The one on the bottom right is black with a poem about the moon. Image 3, photo focused on group of geese pop-up.

Photographs of Brian Wildsmith's "The Creation: Pop-up Book," held by UNT Special Collections.The cover is blue with color shapes around it. Covering most of the front is a circular illustration rimmed by gold, the illustration inside of it is of several animals in different colors with a mountain in the background and a pink sky with the title over it. Image 2, blue pages with colorful illustration plants across both pages. In the middle is a pop-up of a white flower. Image 3, illustration and pop-up of birds in nature and trees, the illustration filled with bright green, yellow and orange colors.

Photographs of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" by Robert L. May, held by UNT Special Collections. The cover contains an illustration Santa and his reindeer riding along. The tile of the book is at the top, the side of their pathway a faded red color. Image 2, pop-up of Santa sneaking in through a doorway with a clock above it. The room has Rudolph sleeping in a bed, a sign that says "Home Deer Home" above him. In front of the pop-up is the text for the story.

Photographs of Lewis Carrol's " Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: A Pop-Up Book," held by UNT Special Collections. The cover of the book is an illustration of Alice, a young blonde girl in a white dress standing on yellow ground. Behind her are characters in fancy clothes, the sky a pale blue at the top. The title of the book is in a white banner at the top. Image 2, pop-up of the whole Alice goes down composed of thin swirled paper. This is on a page titled "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: Down the Rabbit Hole" followed by some text. Image 3, side view of hole pop-up. Image 4, closeup of a pop-up of Alice going down the hole to Wonderland. Image 5, view from the top of Alice going down the hole to Wonderland. On the page to the right of it under some text is a smaller pop-up of Alice in a long hallways with a rabbit standing up next to her. Image 6, closeup of the inside of the hole Alice goes down. Image 7, pop-up of a deck of cards formed in arch with Alice under it.

Photographs of Edgar Rice Burroughs' "The New Adventures of Tarzan "Pop-up," held by UNT Special Collections. The cover of the book is an illustration of Tarzan in a tree standing on a thick long branch while holding a knife in his hand, in front of him a leopard. Image 2, pop-up open of a big green crocodile with Tarzan popping up over it with a knife in his hand. The flat pages look like the water of a swamp. The bottom left of the left page contains the tittle "Tarzan attacks the Crocodile. Image 3, front view of a Tarzan pop-up. He is standing inside a small boat, a blonde woman in blue sitting by him. sticking out of the boat is yellow sail with a monkey hanging on its pole. The pages look like the water.

Photographs of the movable book "The Genius of Lothar Meggendorfer," held by UNT Special Collections. The illustration on the cover is of a a circus performer in a red outfit, and white collar extended out like a star. He also wears a pointy red hat, and is jumping on a theater stage, framed on the side by a red curtain. The top of the cover has a yellow banner containing the title. Image 2, "The Maid" poem on a page with three stanzas. On the right is a movable illustration of a maid in bright blue washing a giant mirror while standing on a step stool, another woman in a different maid outfit standing behind watching her. Image 3, "The Musician" poem with a movable illustration on the right of a musician in a blue coat and yellow striped pants, playing a french horn with a music stand in front of him. Standing by him is a grey dog, looking out a window into the night where two black cats are outlined.

Photographs of "The Wizard of Oz" by L. Frank Baum, held by UNT Special Collections. The cover of the book is orange with the title at the top in yellow. Under the title is an illustration of a tall old man with glasses, a background of the night sky surrounding his head. In front of him, smaller in size, are the illustrations of the tin man, Dorothy, Scarecrow and the Cowardly Lion. Image 2, illustration on two pages. On the right is an illustration of the old Wizard filling in Scarecrow's head with Bran. The left page has the story with a small illustration of Scarecrow in the middle of it.

Photographs of Lewis Carrol's "Jabberwocky: A Pop-up Rhyme from Through the Looking Glass," held by UNT Special Collections. The pale blue cover contains an illustration of a Jabberwocky, a creature with human-like face and ear ears, also with pointed ears at the top. The title is at the top in big black letters. Image 2, illustration of the jabberwocky hiding behind a tree branch expanding over two pages. Another pointy eared animal is peeking out with him. In the top left corner is a small poem that starts with "He took his vorpal sword." Image 3, jabberwocky behind a branch illustration, with part of the branch a pop-up. Image 4, purple starry illustration across two pages, with an old man's head in the middle with a pop-up of a blue dragon above him. On the right is a red circular hat with a golden tassel. In the top left is a small poem that starts with the words "And hast thou slain." Image 5, top view of of dragon pop-up.

Photographs of Ron Van der Meer's "Monster Island," held by UNT Special Collections. The cover of the book is filled with an illustration of a hot air balloon flying in clouds with a face. On top of that is the title in yellow and pink letters inside a black "tornado." Under the clouds is a skull island in the middle of the water. Image 2, pop-up of a page with the colorful title in the top left corner in a black cloud. Across the two pages are illustrations of clouds with creatures around it. The pop-up part of the page is the hot air balloon with two children inside of it. Image 3, pop-up of a giant green and pink bird with a thin head. A cracked egg with a baby bird is under it, and a big white cloud behind the bird. Image 4, side view of bird pop-up.