[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: Reveille]

A spread from Esquire magazine featuring an illustration of a blonde hula dancer Varga Girl paired with the verse Reveille by Phil Stack. The next image is a spread of illustrations by Pachner with descriptive text detailing men and women's winter sports and recreation fashion. This clipping came from the February edition of Esquire Magazine 1942.
Date: February 1942
Creator: Vargas, Alberto; Stack, Phil & Pachner, [William]
Object Type: Artwork
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: V Mail for a Solider] (open access)

[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: V Mail for a Solider]

A spread from Esquire magazine featuring an illustration of a blonde Varga Girl posing holding a pencil and letter paper paired with a two stanza verse "V Mail for a Solider" 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: February 1942
Creator: Vargas, Alberto; Stack, Phil & Pachner, William
Object Type: Clipping
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Hurrell Photograph: Billie Seward] (open access)

[Hurrell Photograph: Billie Seward]

A front and back spread from the February edition of Esquire Magazine 1942. This spread features a color reproduction of a Hurrell photograph of 1930s actress Billie Seward [1912-1982] followed on the reverse by men's fashion illustrations by William Pachner accompanied by descriptive text.
Date: February 1942
Creator: Hurrell, George & Pachner, William
Object Type: Clipping
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: Torch Singer] (open access)

[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: Torch Singer]

A spread from Esquire magazine featuring an illustration of a singing blonde Varga Girl wearing a floor-length black dress leaned against a piano paired with the verse "Torch Singer" by Phil Stack. On the following side of the spread is a reproduction print of the painting "The Mission to Port Lyautey" by John Falter used especially for the February edition of Esquire Magazine in 1944. The painting depicts a military jeep carrying 3 soldiers into oncoming weapons fire and explosions. Two soldiers sit in the vehicle flying both the American and French flags while the third is hanging on the outside and waving a white flag.
Date: February 1944
Creator: Vargas, Alberto; Stack, Phil & Falter, John
Object Type: Clipping
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Esquire Magazine clipping featuring oil painter Philip Reisman] (open access)

[Esquire Magazine clipping featuring oil painter Philip Reisman]

Esquire magazine clipping of a single front and back leaf with full color lithograph commercially printed illustrations of oil paintings by American painter Philip Reisman courtesy of the A.C. A. Gallery in New York and No. 14 Esquiregraph titled Walter Winchell. The front of the page shows images of five oil paintings each with their title, dimensions and a short description. The photocollage on the back shows a man in a sheet held by a taxidermy stork with its leg held poised over a stack of newspapers. The Esquiregraph is intended as a comedic satire as outlined by the descriptive text.
Date: February 1946
Creator: Reisman, Philip
Object Type: Clipping
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: Saints Be Praised] (open access)

[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: Saints Be Praised]

A spread from Esquire magazine featuring an illustration of a Varga Girl paired with a verse by Phil Stack followed by a reproductive print of the painting Climb to the Clouds by Peter Helck.
Date: February 1946
Creator: Vargas, Alberto & Helck, Peter
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 an illustration of a Petty Girl followed by a printed reproduction of a painting by American watercolorist, Hardie Gramatky of a group of sailboats. 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: February 1947
Creator: Petty, George & Gramatky, Hardie
Object Type: Clipping
System: The UNT Digital Library