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[True Magazine Petty Girl Illustration]

Description: Page from True magazine featuring an illustration of a Petty Girl followed by a reproduction print of a painting of the Chigaco Cubs winning a baseball game. 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: April 1947
Creator: Petty, George & [Halk?]
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: Patriotism Minus]

Description: A spread from Esquire magazine featuring an illustration of a brunette Varga Girl wearing a floor-length silver dress paired with the verse Patriotism Minus 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 shoes and socks for every occasion accompanied with labels and descriptive text.
Date: November 1941
Creator: Vargas, Alberto; Stack, Phil & Pachner, William
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Hurrell Photograph: Rita Hayworth]

Description: A spread from the November edition of Esquire magazine 1942. The front features a printed reproduction of a color Hurrell photograph of Columbia studios actress Rita Hayworth [1918-1987] followed by men's fashion illustrations featuring shoes and socks by William Pachner accompanied by descriptive text.
Date: November 1942
Creator: Hurrell, George & Pachner, William
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

[The Soundtrack of Our Lives: the music of Elton John]

Description: Poster from the Turtle Creek Chorale Collection advertising their concert "The Soundtrack of Our Lives: the music of Elton John". An illustration of multicolored platform shoes decorates the poster. Photographs of men wearing tuxedoes and large prop glasses border the top and bottom of the poster.
Date: June 2003
Creator: Turtle Creek Chorale
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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