[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: All-American Babe] (open access)

[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: All-American Babe]

A spread from Esquire magazine featuring an illustration of a blonde Varga Girl posing wearing a modified baseball uniform and cleats paired with the verse "All-American Babe!" by Phil Stack. On the following side of the spread is a reproduction print of the 1940 painting "Out at Home" by Fletcher Martin used especially for the September edition of Esquire Magazine in 1944. The painting depicts a scene of a baseball player sliding into home plate surrounded by the referee and catcher.
Date: September 1944
Creator: Vargas, Alberto; Stack, Phil & Martin, Fletcher
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: Song for a Lonely Girl] (open access)

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

A spread from Esquire magazine featuring an illustration of a blonde Varga Girl wearing a low-back blue and white floral bodysuit paired with the verse "Song for a Lonely Girl" by Phil Stack. On the following side of the spread is a reproduction print of the painting "Bayonet Fighter with Wings" by Alexander Leydenfrost especially for the July edition of Esquire Magazine in 1944. The painting depicts a squad of nine soldiers unloading from a fighter plane that has landed in a field, carrying with them various weapons and ammunition while planes fly low overhead.
Date: July 1944
Creator: Vargas, Alberto; Stack, Phil & Leydenfrost, Alexander
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: Lament For A Pin-Up Pip!] (open access)

[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: Lament For A Pin-Up Pip!]

A spread from Esquire magazine featuring an illustration of a blonde Varga Girl wearing a sheer black backless dress paired with the verse "Lament for a Pin-Up Pip!" by Phil Stack. On the following side of the spread is a reproduction print of the painting "Red Grange: Houdini of the Gridiron" by Rico Lebrun especially for the November edition of Esquire Magazine in 1944. The painting depicts Hall of Fame Chicago Bears running back "Red" Grange mid-play.
Date: November 1944
Creator: Vargas, Alberto; Stack, Phil & Lebrun, Rico
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Esquire Magazine Illustrations of Varga Cowgirl and Firefighter] (open access)

[Esquire Magazine Illustrations of Varga Cowgirl and Firefighter]

A spread from Esquire magazine featuring an illustration of a blonde Varga Girl cowgirl wearing a denim bodysuit with matching, boots, spurs, belt, gloves, and hat paired with the verse Pistol Packin' Mama by Phil Stack. On the following side is a reproduction print of the painting Keeper of the Faith by John Falter done especially for Esquire Magazine March 1944. The painting depicts a firefighting soldier battling a blaze in the battered hull of a ship out of which can be seen two ships fighting in the distance.
Date: March 1944
Creator: Vargas, Alberto; Stack, Phil & Falter, John
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Hurrell Photograph: Dinah Shore] (open access)

[Hurrell Photograph: Dinah Shore]

A single page from Esquire magazine featuring color Kodachrome photographs of women and descriptive text. This page features top-charting female artist of the 1940s, African American big band singer Dinah Shore [1916-1994].
Date: 1944
Creator: Hurrell, George
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: Sitting Pretty!] (open access)

[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: Sitting Pretty!]

A spread from Esquire magazine featuring an illustration of a laughing blonde Varga Girl wearing a red, white and blue one-piece swimsuit while surfing paired with the verse "Sitting Pretty!" by Phil Stack. On the following side of the spread is a reproduction print of the painting "Dempsey & Firpo by George Bellows from the Whitney Museum of American Arts' collection used especially for the August edition of Esquire Magazine in 1944. The painting depicts the dramatic moment when Argentinian Luis Firpo knocked American Jack Dempsey out of the ring into the crowd during their 1923 match. Dempsey would go to win the fight. Bellows gave himself a cameo as the balding man seen to the bottom left edge of the oil painting.
Date: August 1944
Creator: Vargas, Alberto; Stack, Phil & Bellows, George
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: 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
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: Merry Christmas and How!] (open access)

[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: Merry Christmas and How!]

A spread from Esquire magazine featuring an illustration of a blonde Varga Girl sitting under a spring of mistletoe wearing a black dress and gold shoes paired with the verse "Merry Christmas and How!" by Phil Stack. On the following side is a reproduction print of the painting "Roberston Comes Through" by Peter Helck done especially for the December edition of Esquire Magazine in 1944. The painting shows a large crowd of men gathered around the muddy and tight homestretch turn of Long Island Motor Parkway racetrack where two automobiles, number 16, Locomobile driven by 23-year-old George Roberston is in the lead followed by car number 6, an Isotta, driven by Herbert "Herb" Lytle.
Date: December 1944
Creator: Vargas, Alberto; Stack, Phil & Helck, Peter
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Varga Calendar Preview Advertisement] (open access)

[Varga Calendar Preview Advertisement]

Page from Esquire magazine featuring Varga Girl illustrations for the December issue 1944. Illustrations are previews for the upcoming 1945 Varga Girl calendar.
Date: December 1944
Creator: Vargas, Alberto & Sader
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Esquire Magazine Paper Dolly Varga Girl Illustration] (open access)

[Esquire Magazine Paper Dolly Varga Girl Illustration]

A spread from Esquire magazine featuring an illustration of a paper dolly Varga Girl wearing a shiny white one-piece body suit. The reverse of this spread is blank. This clipping is from an edition of Esquire Magazine printed in 1944.
Date: 1944
Creator: Vargas, Alberto
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 Illustrations of Varga Girl and Air Force Pilot] (open access)

[Esquire Magazine Illustrations of Varga Girl and Air Force Pilot]

A spread from Esquire magazine featuring an illustration of a blonde Varga Girl in a pink and white patterned swimsuit paired with the verse "Beached for the Duration" by Phil Stack. On the following side is a spread of a reproduction print of the painting "The Pilot Who Wouldn't Bail Out" by John Falterdone especially for Esquire Magazine May 1944. The painting celebrates Airforce Captain Bob Hartzell, who was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. A small tear can be seen near the model's right foot. On the backside, it is tapped.
Date: May 1944
Creator: Vargas, Alberto; Stack, Phil & Falter, John
System: The UNT Digital Library