[Esquire Magazine clipping featuring a movie ad for "Anchors Aweigh"]

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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".

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34 x 25 cm. : ill.

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Creator: Unknown. September 1945.

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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".

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34 x 25 cm. : ill.

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  • Esquire Magazine

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  • Preferred Citation: Jack Evans and George E. Harris Collection (The Dallas Way) (AR0788), University of North Texas Special Collections

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LGBT Collections

Publications pertaining to issues relevant to the LGBT community. The collection includes The Dallas Voice, a weekly newspaper for the gay community in North Texas that has been published since 1984.

Jack Evans and George E. Harris Collection (The Dallas Way)

Collection of The Dallas Way organizational papers, correspondence, clippings, photographs, and publications.

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  • September 1945

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[Esquire Magazine clipping featuring a movie ad for "Anchors Aweigh"], clipping, September 1945; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1730082/: accessed May 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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