Resource Type

[Clipping: Marshall Girl Chosen College Yucca Queen] (open access)

[Clipping: Marshall Girl Chosen College Yucca Queen]

Newspaper clipping about Isabel Ellis being chosen as College Yucca Queen at North Texas State College.
Date: 1948
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: Pack Spurns Salad Bowl] (open access)

[Clipping: Pack Spurns Salad Bowl]

Newspaper clipping about the University of Nevada backing out of the Salad Bowl because they didn't want to face the "unknown" team of the North Texas Eagles, 1947.
Date: 1947
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: Eagles Work Out; Halfbacks Better] (open access)

[Clipping: Eagles Work Out; Halfbacks Better]

Newspaper clipping about the North Texas Eagles recovering from several injuries, December 31, 1947.
Date: December 31, 1947
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: J.D. Browder Dies in Mineral Wells After Brief Illness] (open access)

[Clipping: J.D. Browder Dies in Mineral Wells After Brief Illness]

Newspaper clipping including an article about the death of J. D. Browder.
Date: November 1944
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: The Panhandle Will Long Remember] (open access)

[Clipping: The Panhandle Will Long Remember]

Newspaper clipping including an article about the ice coating in the Texas Panhandle in November of 1940. Photographs of the area during this time are included.
Date: [1940..]
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: Ten Terrific Years] (open access)

[Clipping: Ten Terrific Years]

Newspaper clipping including an article about World War II.
Date: August 10, 1948
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: The Unanimous Declaration of Independence made by the Delegates of the People of Texas in General Convention at the town of Washington, on the 2nd day of March, 1836] (open access)

[Clipping: The Unanimous Declaration of Independence made by the Delegates of the People of Texas in General Convention at the town of Washington, on the 2nd day of March, 1836]

Newspaper clipping about the Texas Declaration on Independence and its' upcoming 104th anniversary in March of 1940.
Date: March 1940
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: Top O' Morn] (open access)

[Clipping: Top O' Morn]

Newspaper clipping including articles about local news and residents.
Date: December 25, 1940
Creator: Blondy Cross
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: Brady Pastor Tells Rotarians 'Common Sense' Most Important] (open access)

[Clipping: Brady Pastor Tells Rotarians 'Common Sense' Most Important]

Newspaper clipping about Brady Presbyterian pastor, Rev. John Angus MacMillan, and his candidacy for district governor. The article also discusses the district meeting that some of the Rotarians plan to attend.
Date: April 6, 1940
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: Dr. MacMillan Tenders Resignation As Minister of Presbyterian Church] (open access)

[Clipping: Dr. MacMillan Tenders Resignation As Minister of Presbyterian Church]

Newspaper clipping about the resignation of Dr. John Angus MacMillan from the First Presbyterian Church in Brady, Texas. The minister is leaving for a pastorate at Los Angeles Heights Presbyterian Church in San Antonio, Texas.
Date: October 1943
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Concentration by Joe De Mers (open access)

Concentration by Joe De Mers

Page from Esquire magazine featuring illustrations of women and descriptive text. On the first page, no. 52, a blonde woman sits cross-legged on the floor surrounded by tea and sewing supplies. She is following a magazine to embellish a straw garden hat with flowers, which she is holding up to examine intently. On the facing page, a dialogue between a model wearing a swimsuit and a man wearing a tan suit is taking place on a photo shoot set. The two individuals are surrounded by lights, chairs, and film cameras.
Date: June 1947
Creator: De Mers, Joe & Willis, Fritz
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: V Mail for a Solider] (open access)

[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: V Mail for a Solider]

A spread from Esquire magazine featuring an illustration of a blonde Varga Girl posing holding a pencil and letter paper paired with a two stanza verse "V Mail for a Solider" by Phil Stack. On the following side of the spread is a reproduction offset lithograph print of men's fashion illustrations by William Pachner accompanied by descriptive text.
Date: February 1942
Creator: Vargas, Alberto; Stack, Phil & Pachner, William
System: The UNT Digital Library
[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
[Hurrell Photograph: Marjorie Woodworth] (open access)

[Hurrell Photograph: Marjorie Woodworth]

A single front and back page from Esquire magazine featuring color Kodachrome photographs of women and descriptive text. This page features American actress Marjorie Woodworth [1919-2000].
Date: [1940..1955]
Creator: Hurrell, George & Blumenfeld, Erwin
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
[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
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: Bouquet for a Bride] (open access)

[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: Bouquet for a Bride]

A spread from Esquire magazine featuring an illustration of a Varga Girl styled as a bride in a wedding dress, veil, and stockings throwing her shoe paired with a two stanza verse "Bouquet for a Bride" by Phil Stack. On the following side of the spread is a reproduction offset lithograph print of men's fashion illustrations by William Pachner featuring hats accompanied by descriptive text for the June edition 1943.
Date: June 1941
Creator: Vargas, Alberto; Stack, Phil & Pachner, William
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
System: The UNT Digital Library
Speculation by Al Buell (open access)

Speculation by Al Buell

Page from Esquire magazine featuring illustrations of women and descriptive text. On the first page, a kneeling blonde woman thoughtfully brushes her hair in front of a floor mirror with a peach in the foreground. On the facing page, a woman with black hair kneels to cut and style her long hair in front of a mirror following a magazine's instructions.
Date: October 1946
Creator: Buell, Al & Utz, Thornton
System: The UNT Digital Library
Camouflage by Al Moore (open access)

Camouflage by Al Moore

Page from Esquire magazine featuring illustrations of women and descriptive text. On the first page, a black-haired woman lays seductively on a leopard-skin wearing a matching top and bottom with red lipstick and nail polish. The description discusses the leopard in regards to women's fashion and behavior throughout history. On the facing page, a woman in a black riding habit and boots lays sprawled on the ground in shock holding her riding crop in her right hand.
Date: June 1947
Creator: Moore, Al & Baz, Ben-Hur
System: The UNT Digital Library
Portrait of a Christmas Eve (open access)

Portrait of a Christmas Eve

Page from Esquire magazine featuring illustrations of women and descriptive text. On the first page, landscape-oriented painting done by Al Moore of a blonde woman laying on a polar bear skin rug with her arms around the jaw. On the following page is a painting recreating a fictional Victorian Christmas evening party by Leslie Saalburg.
Date: December 1947
Creator: Moore, Al & Saalburg, Leslie
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: Love Cries "Uncle"] (open access)

[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: Love Cries "Uncle"]

A spread from Esquire magazine featuring an illustration of a blonde Varga Girl flying wearing a matching gold dress and robe set paired with a two stanza verse "Love Cries "Uncle" by Phil Stack. On the following side of the spread is a reproduction offset lithograph print of men's fashion illustrations by William Pachner featuring the color star grey and descriptive text.
Date: April 1942
Creator: Vargas, Alberto
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: Saints Be Praised] (open access)

[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: Saints Be Praised]

A spread from Esquire magazine featuring an illustration of a Varga Girl paired with a verse by Phil Stack followed by a reproductive print of the painting Climb to the Clouds by Peter Helck.
Date: February 1946
Creator: Vargas, Alberto & Helck, Peter
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