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[Newspaper Clipping Discussing Earl Yates, Jr.]

Description: Newspaper clipping discussing Earl Yates, Jr. being awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge due to his "participation in combat against the enemy with the Fifth Army in Italy." The article goes on to describe the appearance of the award itself.
Date: 1945~
Partner: City of Grapevine

[Clipping: And Bacon, Too!!!]

Description: Newspaper clipping discussing how an 1849 advertisement printed in another clipping shows what the culture was like in that time period.
Date: 1945~
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Clipping: Untitled]

Description: Newspaper clipping with a photograph of women working in the Seventh war loan drive and a short article on one side and another article on the other side.
Date: May 11, 1945
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Clipping: Catherine Parker Ends WASP Career Unit Is Praised]

Description: Newspaper clipping announcing that Catherine Parker has ended her flying career at Marana Army Air Field. The clipping includes a brief history about Miss Parker and her experiences as a member the Women Airforce Service Pilots.
Date: January 1, 1945
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Charlyne Creger]

Description: Newspaper clipping describing the details of the graduation ceremony for the final class of Women Airforce Service Pilots at Avenger Field, Sweetwater, Texas.
Date: 1945
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

Three hero medal winners to be honored Sunday

Description: Clipping from a newspaper about a dance given by the Houston Council of the League of United Latin American Citizens to honor three Congressional Medal of Honor winners: Macario Garcia, Clteo Rodriguez and Lucina Adams.
Date: September 1945
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

L.U.L.A.C pays homage to Sugar Land war hero

Description: Clipping from The Houston Post about a LULAC meeting held to honor Staff Sgt. Macario Garcia. Garcia received the Congressional Medal of Honor on August 23, 1945, from President Harry Truman. Post photograph features Robert E. Smith ; Sergeant Macario Garcia ; and John J. Herrera.
Date: September 7, 1945
Creator: Gregory, Martha
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[Biographical Article on John J. Herrera]

Description: Biographical article on John J. Herrera from the Pan-American magazine, Volume 1, Number 4, January, 1945.
Date: January 1945
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[True Magazine Petty Girl Illustration]

Description: 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 … more
Date: [1945..1950]
Creator: Petty, George
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: Warning Signal]

Description: 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
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[True Magazine Petty Girl Illustration]

Description: A page spread from True magazine featuring a Petty Girl illustration paired with the descriptive text " My lawyer wants me to change the charge from desertion to insanity" followed by a spread featuring illustrations by Pachner and descriptive text on chromatic color in men's fashion. 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 … more
Date: [1945..1950]
Creator: Petty, George & Pachner, [William]
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: Sleepytime Gal]

Description: A spread from Esquire magazine featuring an illustration of a blonde Varga Girl paired with Sleepytime Gal by Phil Stack followed by a reproduction print of the painting "The Biggest Game Fish Ever Landed" by Melbourne Brindle done especially for Esquire Magazine in 1946 for the September edition. The painting celebrates the story of one of the pioneers of large game angling and author Zane Grey who traveled to Tahiti in the spring of 1930 to catch Tahitian striped marlin [Blue Marlin] and on M… more
Date: September 1945
Creator: Vargas, Alberto; Stack, Phil & Brindle, Melbourne
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[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

[True Magazine Petty Girl Illustration]

Description: Page from True magazine featuring a Petty Girl illustration of a dark-haired woman in a red body suit followed by a reproduction print of an unsigned gouchae painting. The painting is a nature scene featuring a hawk, squirrel, and deer. 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
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Esquire Magazine Illustrations of Varga Sailor Girl and a Horse Race]

Description: Page from Esquire magazine featuring a spread of a blonde Varga Girl wearing a modified white naval dress uniform paired with a two stanza descriptive verse by Phil Stack. Following the pin-up is a reproduction print of the painting Man O' War Beating John P. Grier" by Frank Voss done especially for Esquire Magazine April 1945. The painting celebrates the famous American Thoroughbred racehorse Man O' War.
Date: April 1945
Creator: Vargas, Alberto & Voss, Frank
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Clipping: Goes To Washington]

Description: Clipping describing the arrival of Harris K. Weston to assume his duties as law clerk to Justice Harold H. Burton.
Date: 1945/1946
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Clipping: Med College Removal Plan Called Folly]

Description: Clipping describing a statement from Dr. Chauncey D. Leake, dean of the medical school in Galveston, declaring that it would be a lost investment if the medical school is moved from Galveston.
Date: 1945
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Clipping: Committee Votes For Ballot on Med School]

Description: Clipping from The Austin American Capitol Bureau describing the advancement of the Mauritz Amendment, with an explanation on what it entails.
Date: 1945
Creator: The Austin American Capitol Bureau
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Clipping: Taxing and Spending]

Description: Clipping describing the recent budgetary proposals in the Texas Legislature, and a national proposal to cap the federal income tax.
Date: 1945
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Clipping: Proposal Ill-Timed]

Description: Clipping describing a recent visit to the Medical Branch of the University of Texas in Galveston, and Lt. Gov Smith's proposal of a second state medical college.
Date: 1945
Partner: Rosenberg Library
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