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
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
[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
[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: 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