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[The 1951 Esquire Girl Calendar and Envelope]

The 1951 Esquire Girl "Special Deluxe Glossy Edition" features "12 Luscious Lovelies in Full Color". The calendar goes from January to December and is complete with illustrations by American artist Al Moore, and verses for each month.
Date: 1951
Creator: Moore, Al
Object Type: Artwork
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Esquire Girl by Al Moore "Printers Devil" (open access)

The Esquire Girl by Al Moore "Printers Devil"

Page from Esquire magazine featuring illustrations of women and descriptive text. The first image is an Al Moore Esquire girl spread. The "Printers Devil" depicts a blonde woman on the phone wearing sleeping shorts paired with a verse using type and font metaphors. The next image is a painting depicting famous American thoroughbred racehorse Dark Secret winning the 1934 Jockey Club Gold Cup. "One of greatest finishes in the history of sports" refer to in the last 16th of a mile, Dark Secret stumbled fracturing his leg but went on to finish the race and win by a head, after which he had to be put down.
Date: 1951
Creator: Moore, Al & Von Schmidt, Harold
Object Type: Clipping
System: The UNT Digital Library