[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: Song for a Guitar ] (open access)

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

A spread from Esquire magazine featuring an illustration of a blonde Varga Girl poses with a guitar paired with a two stanza verse "Song for a Guitar" 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 the color freedom blue accompanied by descriptive text.
Date: October 1942
Creator: Vargas, Alberto; Stack, Phil & Pachner, William
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: Torches at Midnight] (open access)

[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: Torches at Midnight]

A spread from Esquire magazine featuring an illustration of a redhead Varga Girl posed diagonally across the page wearing a black negligee paired with the two stanza verse "Torches at Midnight" by Phil Stack. On the following side of the spread is a reproduction offset lithograph print of the painting The Commander's Last Dive by John Falter used especially for the October edition of 1943. The painting depicts a Navy Commander hanging to the side of submarine forty-two as it sinks.
Date: October 1943
Creator: Vargas, Alberto; Stack, Phil & Falter, John
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 offset lithograph 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
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
System: The UNT Digital Library
Speculation by Al Buell (open access)

Speculation by Al Buell

Page from Esquire magazine featuring illustrations of women and descriptive text. On the first page, a kneeling blonde woman thoughtfully brushes her hair in front of a floor mirror with a peach in the foreground. On the facing page, a woman with black hair kneels to cut and style her long hair in front of a mirror following a magazine's instructions.
Date: October 1946
Creator: Buell, Al & Utz, Thornton
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
System: The UNT Digital Library
Last Rose by Ben-Hur Baz (open access)

Last Rose by Ben-Hur Baz

Page from Esquire magazine featuring illustrations of women and descriptive text. On the first page, a barefoot woman feigns surprise in a blue and pink matching two-piece with a large straw sunhat. On the facing page, a blonde showgirl is seen studying and smoking a cigarette backstage in costume. Image No. 80 is a unique collaboration between Joe De Mers and Fritz Willis.
Date: October 1947
Creator: Baz, Ben-Hur; De Mers, Joe & Willis Fritz
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Esquire Girl by Al Moore "The Bewitching Hour" (open access)

The Esquire Girl by Al Moore "The Bewitching Hour"

Page from Esquire magazine featuring illustrations of women, descriptive text, and paintings. On the first page is a spread of an Al Moore painting of blonde masked Esquire Girl themed to Halloween. On the verso side is a painting by Fred Freeman showing the historic rescue of the sailors on the U.S Squalus submarine in 1939 off the coast of Maine.
Date: October 1950
Creator: Moore, Al & Freeman, Fred
System: The UNT Digital Library