[The 1950 Esquire Girl Calendar and Envelope]

The 1950 pin-up Esquire Girl calendar features twelve months of pin-up girl artwork by American artist Al Moore. The calendar begins in January and ends in December with accompanying printed envelope.
Date: 1950
Creator: Moore, Al
Object Type: Artwork
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Esquire Girl by Al Moore "Skiing is Believing" (open access)

The Esquire Girl by Al Moore "Skiing is Believing"

Page from Esquire magazine featuring illustrations of women and descriptive text. The first image is the January spread for The Esquire Girl. Painted by Al Moore, this Esquire girl is a blonde wearing a light blue sweater paired with verses and chorus on skiing and mountain metaphors. The following page is a "There was a Man" painting done by Warren Baumgartner of American folk hero and solider "Old Wolf" Putnam [ Israel Putnam] [1718-1790].
Date: January 1950
Creator: Moore, Al & Baumgartner, Warren
Object Type: Clipping
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Esquire Girl by Al Moore "Green is for go" (open access)

The Esquire Girl by Al Moore "Green is for go"

A spread from Esquire magazine featuring illustrations of women, descriptive text, and paintings. The first image is a spread of an Al Moore Esquire girl paired with a rhyming verse on the color green. The second page is a "There was a Man" painting by Gustav Rehberger depicting the folk hero "Wild Bill" Hickok done for the May edition of Esquire Magazine in 1950.
Date: May 1950
Creator: Moore, Al & Rehberger, Gustav
Object Type: Clipping
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Esquire Girl: Painting by Al Moore "Medium- Rare" (open access)

The Esquire Girl: Painting by Al Moore "Medium- Rare"

Page from Esquire magazine featuring illustrations of women and descriptive text. On the first page, a landscape spread, by Al Moore, of a blonde woman lounging on her stomach in a blue striped two-piece bathing suit. She has with her a radio, sunglasses, cigarettes, and matches. The page is stamped with the location the magazine was purchased as a Russell's Men's Department. The facing page is a muted-tone machismo bull and matador painting done by Ben Stahl.
Date: June 1950
Creator: Moore, Al
Object Type: Clipping
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Esquire Girl by Al Moore "Flippancy" (open access)

The Esquire Girl by Al Moore "Flippancy"

A spread from Esquire magazine featuring an auburn Esquire girl cast as a "queen of hearts" character playing with a deck of cards and a magician's hat. On the following page is a western painting of Daniel Boone coming to the rescue of an American soldier by Ken Riley for the July 1950 edition of Esquire Magazine.
Date: July 1950
Creator: Moore, Al & Riley, Ken
Object Type: Clipping
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Esquire Girl by Al Moore "The Bewitching Hour" (open access)

The Esquire Girl by Al Moore "The Bewitching Hour"

Page from Esquire magazine featuring illustrations of women, descriptive text, and paintings. On the first page is a spread of an Al Moore painting of blonde masked Esquire Girl themed to Halloween. On the verso side is a painting by Fred Freeman showing the historic rescue of the sailors on the U.S Squalus submarine in 1939 off the coast of Maine.
Date: October 1950
Creator: Moore, Al & Freeman, Fred
Object Type: Clipping
System: The UNT Digital Library

[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

[The 1953 Esquire and Ballyhoo Pin-up Girls Calendar]

The 1953 Esquire and Ballyhoo Calendar features artwork from various artists. From January to December, each month features a themed portrayal of a girl and a corresponding catchphrase.
Date: 1953
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Artwork
System: The UNT Digital Library

[The 1953 United States Navy Pin Up Calendar]

The 1953 United States Navy Pin Up Calendar includes twelve months of illustrations by American artist Ernest Chiriacka (1913-2010). The calendar features artwork of girls in various themes corresponding to the month.
Date: 1953
Creator: Chiriacka, Ernest
Object Type: Artwork
System: The UNT Digital Library

[The 1954 Esquire Girl Calendar Special Deluxe Edition and Envelope]

The 1954 Esquire Girl calendar and printed envelope, special deluxe edition, includes twelve months of "12 Breathtaking Esquire Beauties In Full Color". The calendar features artwork from American artist Ernest Chiriacka (1913-2010) with illustrations of themed girls and their corresponding months.
Date: 1954
Creator: Chiriacka, Ernest
Object Type: Artwork
System: The UNT Digital Library