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[True Magazine Petty Girl Illustration] (open access)

[True Magazine Petty Girl Illustration]

A page spread from True magazine featuring an illustration of a blonde Petty Girl paired with the text "Oh, General, I bet you tell that to all the spies!" followed by a page of illustrations and descriptive text on winter fashion for men by Pachner. 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: [1945..1950]
Creator: Petty, George
Object Type: Clipping
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: Warning Signal] (open access)

[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: Warning Signal]

A spread from Esquire magazine featuring an illustration of a ginger Varga Girl wearing a white dress with coordinating sandals and headband paired with the verse "Warning Signal" by Phil Stack. On the following page is a reproduction print of the painting Bobby Jones' Trying to Putt in the '29 Open done for the June 1945 edition.
Date: June 1945
Creator: Vargas, Alberto; Stack, Phil & Fawcett, Robert
Object Type: Clipping
System: The UNT Digital Library
[True Magazine Petty Girl Illustration] (open access)

[True Magazine Petty Girl Illustration]

A page spread from True magazine featuring a Petty Girl illustration paired with the descriptive text " My lawyer wants me to change the charge from desertion to insanity" followed by a spread featuring illustrations by Pachner and descriptive text on chromatic color in men's fashion. 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: [1945..1950]
Creator: Petty, George & Pachner, [William]
Object Type: Clipping
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: Sleepytime Gal] (open access)

[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: Sleepytime Gal]

A spread from Esquire magazine featuring an illustration of a blonde Varga Girl paired with Sleepytime Gal by Phil Stack followed by a reproduction print of the painting "The Biggest Game Fish Ever Landed" by Melbourne Brindle done especially for Esquire Magazine in 1946 for the September edition. The painting celebrates the story of one of the pioneers of large game angling and author Zane Grey who traveled to Tahiti in the spring of 1930 to catch Tahitian striped marlin [Blue Marlin] and on May 16, 1930, caught a Marlin that weighed in at 1040 lbs even after being mutilated by sharks as recorded in Greys' book “Tales of Tahitian Waters" published in 1931.
Date: September 1945
Creator: Vargas, Alberto; Stack, Phil & Brindle, Melbourne
Object Type: Clipping
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: Christmas Tidings] (open access)

[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: Christmas Tidings]

A spread from Esquire magazine featuring illustrations of women and descriptive text. The front page of the spread features a blonde Varga girl dressed in white and gold smiling and kneeling over a telegraph from her soldier paired with a two stanza verse by Phil Stack. On the following page is a reproductive print of the painting "The Ordeal of John Paul Jones" by Anton Otto Fischer done especially for Esquire Magazine. The painting celebrates prominent Scottish-born Naval commander John Paul Jones who served during the American Revolution and his crew aboard the Bonhomme Richard. On September 23, 1779, the crew engaged with the British Serapis and won with Jones giving the famous line "I have not yet begun to fight".
Date: December 1945
Creator: Vargas, Alberto; Stack, Phil & Fischer, Anton Otto
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 a Petty Girl illustration of a dark-haired woman in a red body suit followed by a reproduction print of an unsigned gouchae painting. The painting is a nature scene featuring a hawk, squirrel, and deer. 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: [1945..1950]
Creator: Petty, George
Object Type: Clipping
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Esquire Magazine Illustrations of Varga Sailor Girl and a Horse Race] (open access)

[Esquire Magazine Illustrations of Varga Sailor Girl and a Horse Race]

Page from Esquire magazine featuring a spread of a blonde Varga Girl wearing a modified white naval dress uniform paired with a two stanza descriptive verse by Phil Stack. Following the pin-up is a reproduction print of the painting Man O' War Beating John P. Grier" by Frank Voss done especially for Esquire Magazine April 1945. The painting celebrates the famous American Thoroughbred racehorse Man O' War.
Date: April 1945
Creator: Vargas, Alberto & Voss, Frank
Object Type: Clipping
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

[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
[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 Varga Girl Illustration: Model Life] (open access)

[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: Model Life]

A spread from Esquire magazine featuring an illustration of a ginger Varga Girl wearing a matching white two-piece with lei flowers paired with the verse "Model Life" by Phil Stack. On the following page is a reproduction print of the painting The Glidden Tour of 1907 by Peter Helck done especially for Esquire Magazine in November of 1945. The print depicts road conflict between the racers in the steaming white car in front, No. 25 Lozier, No. 44 Packard, and in the near distance, the Ranier driven by the only women contestant Joan Newton, all blocked by a Buffalo-Springfield roller paving the roads with workers mid lunch break.
Date: November 1945
Creator: Vargas, Alberto; Stack, Phil & Helck, Peter
Object Type: Clipping
System: The UNT Digital Library
Esquire Girl by Al Moore "Mis-Adventure" (open access)

Esquire Girl by Al Moore "Mis-Adventure"

Page from Esquire magazine featuring illustrations of women and descriptive text. On the first page, an Al Moore Esquire girl admires her reflection after opening a new hat paired with a verse by Phil Stack. On the facing page is a black and white photo of an anonymous dark-haired model "Mademoiselle" photographed by Roger Coster.
Date: [1945..1960]
Creator: Moore, Al & Coster, Roger
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 a Petty Girl illustration, followed by a secondary page of a print of the famous image of Marine soldiers raising the flag at Iwo Jima. 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 a woman holding a telephone.
Date: 1945
Creator: Petty, George
Object Type: Clipping
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Depictions of Various Starlets] (open access)

[Depictions of Various Starlets]

Page from Esquire magazine featuring illustrations of women and descriptive text. Two pages of 1/4 page illustrations featuring famous actresses and models from the 1940s and early 1950s done by various artists in their unique style. From left to right, Arleen Whelan [1916-1993], Carole Landis [1919-1948], Lubow Roudenko [note misspelling within the material: correct name:Lubov Roudenko] [1915-2020], Toni Seven [1922-1991], Jane Russel [1921-2011], Rita Hayworth [1918-1987], Betty Grable [1916-1973] and Mary Howard [1913-2009].
Date: [1945..1960]
Creator: Utz, Thornton; Hall, Tom; Pachner, William; Fabry, Jaro; Cooper, Mario; Prohaska, Ray et al.
Object Type: Clipping
System: The UNT Digital Library