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[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: Song for a Lonely Girl]

Description: 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 wi… more
Date: July 1944
Creator: Vargas, Alberto; Stack, Phil & Leydenfrost, Alexander
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: Vacation Reverie]

Description: A spread from Esquire magazine featuring an illustration of a blonde Varga Girl flying posing wearing a red bathing suit paired with a two stanza verse "Vacation Reviere" by Phil Stack. On the following side of the spread is a reproduction offset lithograph print of the painting Bombardiers Last Breath by John Falter used especially for the August edition of Esquire Magazine in 1943
Date: August 1943
Creator: Vargas, Alberto & Stack, Phil
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: Christmas Tidings]

Description: 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 … more
Date: December 1945
Creator: Vargas, Alberto; Stack, Phil & Fischer, Anton Otto
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[No One Will Hold My Flowers For Me: True Magazine Pin Up Girl]

Description: Page from True Magazine featuring a pin-up illustration, graphic map, and descriptive text. On the first page is an illustration by Bradshaw Crandall of a redhead pin-up model themed around spring flowers. On the facing page is the Sportsman's Map of America by Paul Savitt. The map shows numbered graphic illustrations of landmarks, cities, transportation, and sporting events across America.
Date: March 1948
Creator: Crandall, Bradshaw & Savitt, Paul
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[True Magazine Petty Girl Illustration]

Description: Page from True Magazine featuring an illustration of a Petty Girl followed by a reproductive print of 3 men and a woman on a white sailboat. 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: [1940..1960]
Creator: Petty, George
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Esquire Magazine Illustrations of Varga Cowgirl and Firefighter]

Description: A spread from Esquire magazine featuring an illustration of a blonde Varga Girl cowgirl wearing a denim bodysuit with matching, boots, spurs, belt, gloves, and hat paired with the verse Pistol Packin' Mama by Phil Stack. On the following side is a reproduction print of the painting Keeper of the Faith by John Falter done especially for Esquire Magazine March 1944. The painting depicts a firefighting soldier battling a blaze in the battered hull of a ship out of which can be seen two ships fight… more
Date: March 1944
Creator: Vargas, Alberto; Stack, Phil & Falter, John
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: There'll Always Be a Christmas]

Description: A spread from Esquire magazine featuring an illustration of a blonde Varga Girl flying wearing a red, white, and blue sheer dress printed with the navy star paired with a two stanza verse "There'll Always be a Christmas" in a gothic font by Phil Stack. On the following side of the spread is a reproduction offset lithograph print of the painting The Unkillable Quarry by John Falter used especially for the December edition of Esquire Magazine in 1943. The painting/print depicts a soldier (possib… more
Date: December 1943
Creator: Vargas, Alberto; Stack, Phil & Falter, John
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: Torch Singer]

Description: A spread from Esquire magazine featuring an illustration of a singing blonde Varga Girl wearing a floor-length black dress leaned against a piano paired with the verse "Torch Singer" by Phil Stack. On the following side of the spread is a reproduction print of the painting "The Mission to Port Lyautey" by John Falter used especially for the February edition of Esquire Magazine in 1944. The painting depicts a military jeep carrying 3 soldiers into oncoming weapons fire and explosions. Two soldie… more
Date: February 1944
Creator: Vargas, Alberto; Stack, Phil & Falter, John
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: Merry Christmas and How!]

Description: A spread from Esquire magazine featuring an illustration of a blonde Varga Girl sitting under a spring of mistletoe wearing a black dress and gold shoes paired with the verse "Merry Christmas and How!" by Phil Stack. On the following side is a reproduction print of the painting "Roberston Comes Through" by Peter Helck done especially for the December edition of Esquire Magazine in 1944. The painting shows a large crowd of men gathered around the muddy and tight homestretch turn of Long Island M… more
Date: December 1944
Creator: Vargas, Alberto; Stack, Phil & Helck, Peter
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: Virtue Triumphs]

Description: A spread from Esquire magazine featuring an illustration of a blonde Varga Girl wearing a baby pink corset paired with the verse Virtue Triumphs! by Phil Stack. On the following side of the spread is a reproduction offset lithograph print of the painting The Hero Triumphs by John Falter used especially for the November edition of Esquire Magazine in 1943.
Date: November 1943
Creator: Vargas, Alberto & Stack, Phil
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: Model Life]

Description: 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 dr… more
Date: November 1945
Creator: Vargas, Alberto; Stack, Phil & Helck, Peter
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Illustrations from Esquire Gallery Magazine]

Description: Page from Esquire magazine featuring illustrations of women and descriptive text. On the first page, a redhead esquire girl shows her back along with the phrase " He told me if men ever paid any attention to a lot of frivolous objections like that, the human race would have perished ages ago". On the facing page, a painting by Harper Goff of a canary yellow plane passing the lady liberty with military ships floating in the background. The painting was done in celebration of Wilbur Wright's flig… more
Date: May 1946
Creator: Goff, Harper
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: Matrimony Preferred]

Description: A spread from Esquire magazine featuring an illustration of a blonde Varga Girl styled as a bride with a short white off-the-shoulder dress and veil accented with gardenias paired with the verse "Matrimony Prefered" by Phil Stack. On the following side of the spread is a reproduction print of the painting "The Giant Killer" by John Falter used especially for the June edition of Esquire Magazine in 1944. The painting depicts a lone soldier silhouetted against the sky gunning down a tank on a hil… more
Date: June 1944
Creator: Vargas, Alberto; Stack, Phil & Falter, John
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Says the Esquire Girl Gallery Page]

Description: Page from Esquire magazine featuring illustrations of women and descriptive text. On the first page, is a "says the Esquire girl" blonde woman showing her back while she buries her face into a bouquet of light pink cherry blossoms. The facing page is a painting showing a night pit stop at an automobile dirt race. A fairground and grandstand frame the track. Painting by Peter Holck.
Date: 1946
Creator: Helck, Peter
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Esquire Magazine Illustrations of Varga Girl and Air Force Pilot]

Description: A spread from Esquire magazine featuring an illustration of a blonde Varga Girl in a pink and white patterned swimsuit paired with the verse "Beached for the Duration" by Phil Stack. On the following side is a spread of a reproduction print of the painting "The Pilot Who Wouldn't Bail Out" by John Falterdone especially for Esquire Magazine May 1944. The painting celebrates Airforce Captain Bob Hartzell, who was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. A small tear can be seen near the model's … more
Date: May 1944
Creator: Vargas, Alberto; Stack, Phil & Falter, John
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration]

Description: A spread from Esquire magazine featuring an illustration of a strawberry blonde Varga Girl paired with the quote: Would you mind if I took a little time to think that over?" followed by a reproduction print of the painting Winter Run of the De Witt Clinton by Harper Goff done especially for Esquire Magazine March 1946. The painting shows two groups one passing and the other stuck in the snow by a rail line by a large brick building.
Date: March 1946
Creator: Vargas, Alberto & Goff, Harper
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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