[The 1947 Esquire Girl Calendar]

The Esquire girl calendar from 1947, of The Varga Girl(s) by Peruvian-American painter Alberto Vargas. The calendar is missing months June, August, September, and November.
Date: 1947
Creator: Vargas, Alberto
Object Type: Artwork
System: The UNT Digital Library
[LIFE Magazine cartoon grand prize illustration] (open access)

[LIFE Magazine cartoon grand prize illustration]

Clipping from LIFE Magazine featuring a grand prize winning cartoon by Basil Wolverton. The cartoon appears to be a man with very pronounced teeth and ears smiling with this neck extended forward. The text below notes the detail that the artists wife thought the subject was too human to win a cartoon contest. The backside of the leaf includes lists of editors and contributors of the magazine and some advertisements.
Date: [1940..1952]
Creator: Wolverton, Basil
Object Type: Clipping
System: The UNT Digital Library

[The 1943 Varga Girl Esquire Calendar]

Pinup Esquire calendar from 1943, of The Varga Girl(s) by Peruvian-American painter Alberto Vargas. The calendar begins in January and ends with December, featuring verses by Phil Stack and a "checkpayer" wager and payoff scenario on the back of each pin up girl.
Date: 1943
Creator: Vargas, Alberto
Object Type: Artwork
System: The UNT Digital Library

[1940 Pin Up posters for calendar mockup]

Pin Up poster calendar mockup from 1940 of The Varga Girl(s) by Peruvian-American painter Alberto Vargas. The mockup for the calendar showcases images for the corresponding month beginning in January and ending in December.
Date: 1940
Creator: Vargas, Alberto
Object Type: Artwork
System: The UNT Digital Library

[The Varga Girl Calendar]

Pinup calendar from 1942, of The Varga Girl(s) by Peruvian-American painter Alberto Vargas. The calendar begins in January and ends with December, featuring verses by Phil Stack and astrological signs on the back of each pin-up girl.
Date: 1942
Creator: Vargas, Alberto
Object Type: Artwork
System: The UNT Digital Library

[1940 The Varga Girl Esquire Calendar]

Pinup calendar from 1940, of The Varga Girl(s) by Peruvian-American painter Alberto Vargas. The calendar begins in January and ends with December, featuring verses by Phil Stack.
Date: 1940
Creator: Vargas, Alberto
Object Type: Artwork
System: The UNT Digital Library

[The Esquire 1948 Calendar]

Esquire's 1948 pin-up calendar features monthly artwork from various artists under Esquire, Inc, and verses by Frances Geiger Adams. Months May, June, September, and December are missing.
Date: 1948
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Artwork
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Esquire's 1945 Varga Calendar Yearbook]

Esquire's 1945 Varga calendar yearbook of The Varga Girl(s) by Peruvian-American painter Alberto Vargas. The calendar includes all months except January, September, and December. The yearbook includes pages dedicated to birthdays and anniversaries, and "good numbers" for addresses and telephone numbers. Additionally, there are comics from various artists on each month published under Esquire Inc.
Date: 1945
Creator: Vargas, Alberto
Object Type: Artwork
System: The UNT Digital Library

[1940 Pin Up posters for calendar mockup]

Pin Up poster calendar mockup from 1940 of The Varga Girl(s) by Peruvian-American painter Alberto Vargas. The mockup for the calendar showcases images for the corresponding month beginning in January and ending in December.
Date: 1940
Creator: Vargas, Alberto
Object Type: Artwork
System: The UNT Digital Library

[The 1945 Esquire Varga Calendar & envelope]

Pinup calendar and envelope from 1945, of The Varga Girl(s) by Peruvian-American painter Alberto Vargas. The calendar begins in January and ends with December, featuring verses by Phil Stack.
Date: 1945
Creator: Vargas, Alberto
Object Type: Artwork
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping from a magazine featuring the air force and airplanes] (open access)

[Clipping from a magazine featuring the air force and airplanes]

Magazine clipping of a single front and back leaf with full color lithograph commercially printed illustrations featuring the US Air Force and airplanes. The front illustrations shows a canary yellow "Hellcat" airplane flying framed by clouds with descriptive text that reads "Brightly-Painted Hellcat is believed a special gunnery target". The verso side shows soldiers looking over a map on a runway near a "button-nose" tagged plane.
Date: [1940..1950]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The UNT Digital Library

[The 1946 Esquire Varga Calendar & envelope]

Pinup calendar and envelope from 1946, of The Varga Girl(s) by Peruvian-American painter Alberto Vargas. The calendar begins in January and ends with December, featuring verses by Phil Stack.
Date: 1946
Creator: Vargas, Alberto
Object Type: Artwork
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Petty Girl Calendar for 1947]

Petty Girl calendar and envelope from 1947 featuring "12 Gorgeous Petty Pin-ups In Beautiful Full Color" by American pin-up artist George Brown Petty. The calendar features monthly prints from January to December.
Date: 1947
Creator: Petty, George
Object Type: Artwork
System: The UNT Digital Library

[1942 The Varga Girl Esquire Calendar]

Pinup Esquire calendar from 1942, of The Varga Girl(s) by Peruvian-American painter Alberto Vargas. The calendar begins in January and ends with December, featuring verses by Phil Stack and a "checkpayer" wager and payoff scenario on the back of each pin up girl.
Date: 1942
Creator: Vargas, Alberto
Object Type: Artwork
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Esquire Magazine clipping featuring a movie ad for "Anchors Aweigh"] (open access)

[Esquire Magazine clipping featuring a movie ad for "Anchors Aweigh"]

Esquire Magazine clipping of a single front and back leaf with commercially printed illustrations paired with descriptive text. The front of the clipping features a motion picture advertisement for MGM's musical comedy in color film "Anchors Aweigh" starring Frank Sinatra, Kathryn Grayson and Gene Kelly. The leaf shows photos of the actors in costume at the base of the ad. The back of the leaf includes a continued article titled "Man the Kitchenette" along with an aside titled "On the Edge of the Clef".
Date: September 1945
Creator: unknown
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