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Title

  • Main Title Versatility by Ren Wicks
  • Alternate Title Entr'acte by Euclid Shook
  • Series Title Series 7: WWII and Post WWII memorabilia - Calendars and Clippings

Creator

  • Author: Wicks, Ren
    Creator Type: Personal
  • Artist: Shook, Euclid
    Creator Type: Personal

Publisher

  • Name: Hearst Communications
    Place of Publication: New York

Date

  • Creation: 1947-08

Language

  • English
  • French

Description

  • Content Description: Page from Esquire magazine featuring illustrations of women and descriptive text. On the first page, no. 57, a blonde woman considers her knitting project, which she holds up to her waist with the excess yarn around her chest. She stands in front of a chair that has her clothes on it and next to her knitting bag. Description references Ralph Waldo Emerson and the virtue of young women doing older woman's hobbies. On the facing page, an actress prepares her makeup for a show. She is seen kneeling on a chair in front of a lit mirror and vanity in purple underwear and tights.
  • Physical Description: [1] p. : ill.; 34 x 26 cm.

Subject

  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: People - Individuals
  • Keyword: pin-up girls
  • Keyword: women
  • Keyword: models
  • Keyword: illustrations
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Social Life and Customs - Clothing - Accessories
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Arts and Crafts - Crafts - Fiber Arts - Knitting
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Arts and Crafts - Theatre
  • Keyword: chairs
  • Keyword: 1940's
  • Keyword: lithographs
  • Keyword: prints
  • Keyword: blondes
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Social Life and Customs - Popular Culture - Magazines

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Coverage Date: [1940..1980]

Source

  • Other: Esquire Gallery, No. 57
  • Other: Esquire Gallery, No. 68

Citation

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

Collection

  • Name: LGBT Collections
    Code: LGBT
  • Name: Jack Evans and George E. Harris Collection (The Dallas Way)
    Code: DWJEGH

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries Special Collections
    Code: UNTA

Rights

  • Rights Statement: Reproduction and publication of materials in this collection are subject to the policies of the UNT Special Collections department. Copyright restrictions may apply.

Resource Type

  • Clipping

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • Accession or Local Control No: UNTA_AR0788-004-01-010
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc1730112
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