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Speculation by Al Buell

Description: 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
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Esquire Magazine Illustrations: Varga Girls, 1946]

Description: A spread from Esquire magazine featuring illustrations of Varga girls and descriptive text. The front page of the spread features a pull-out of a redhead with blue eyes wearing a gold bodysuit paired with a verse by Phil Stack celebrating the beginning of the new year. The following page is a spread showing a collection of 12 Varga girl illustrations, one for each month of the year (February-December) paired with descriptive text.
Date: January 1946
Creator: Vargas, Alberto & Stack, Phil
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[True Magazine Petty Girl Illustration]

Description: Page from True magazine featuring an illustration of an auburn-haired Petty Girl followed by a reproduction print of an unsigned painting depicting a young male deer hunter carrying pelts and his rifle followed by his 2 dogs. 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: [1946..1950]
Creator: Petty, George
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[True Magazine Petty Girl Illustration]

Description: A spread page from True magazine featuring an illustration of a blonde Petty Girl paired with the text "Don't tell me that's a bobby too!" followed by the illustration "A sight-seers map of Manhattan" by Paul Savitt. Savitt's map is an illustrative cartoon numbered and labeled with locations, people, streets, and buildings with descriptive text, as the 77 essential things to do in Manhattan. Pin-ups by artist George Petty or "Petty Girls" first made their appearance in 1933 and into the 1950s… more
Date: 1946
Creator: Petty, George & Savitt, Paul
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Expectation by Fritz Willis

Description: Pages from Esquire magazine featuring illustrations of women and descriptive text. On the first page, is Expectation by Fritz Willis, depicting blonde starlet daydreaming on set. On the facing page, the same actress is seen engaged in conversation with a film crew.
Date: September 1946
Creator: Willis, Fritz & De Mers, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Promise by Euclid Shook

Description: Pages from Esquire magazine featuring illustrations of women and descriptive text. on the first page, a blonde woman reclining against lace pillows with pins in her mouth and a comb by her side. On facing page, a lone auburn-haired woman holding a green dress with flowers up seductively.
Date: September 1946
Creator: Shook, Euclid & Varady, Fredric
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[True Magazine Petty Girl Illustration]

Description: Page from Esquire magazine featuring an illustration of a Petty Girl followed by a print reproduction of a painting by American watercolorist John Whorf of two men on a fishing/camping trip. 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: [1946..1948]
Creator: Petty, George & Whorf, John
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[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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