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[Clipping: Pack Spurns Salad Bowl]

Description: Newspaper clipping about the University of Nevada backing out of the Salad Bowl because they didn't want to face the "unknown" team of the North Texas Eagles, 1947.
Date: 1947
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Clipping: Birthday Greetings]

Description: Newspaper clipping featuring an article wishing former Senator W. J. Bryan a happy birthday and recounting his life accomplishments. Another article is published in the clipping recounting thoughts on war and death from statistician writer Roger W. Babson. Partial ads are printed on the back.
Date: September 28, 1947
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Clipping: Earhart Memorial]

Description: Newspaper clipping discussing the details of a $1000 Graduate Scholarship grant for professional women to study engineering with a specialization in aeronautics.
Date: 1947
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Newspaper Clipping: Many Revere Shy Medical Society Head]

Description: Newspaper clipping of an article about Dr. May Owen's election as President of the Tarrant County Medical Society. The article discusses Dr. Owen's physical appearance, her qualifications in medicine, and the respect other physicians hold for her.
Date: February 5, 1947
Creator: Stephenson, Bess
Partner: Texas Medical Association

Meetings scheduled by Latin American league of citizens

Description: Newspaper clipping with handwritten date noted as October 1947 titled "Meetings Scheduled By Latin American League of Citizens". This article contains information about an upcoming LULAC regional convention to be held in Houston for LULAC delegates from 45 Texas cities.
Date: October 1947
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[Clipping: Clipped Wings]

Description: Clipping of an article from Collier's magazine discussing the lack of opportunities available to female pilots. The back of the first clipping includes ads for Burgess Batteries, Wigwam Socks, and X-Pandotite and the conclusion of an article. The back of the second clipping includes an illustration of a large 8-ball with a sign stating "Harry Doesn't Live Here Any More" and text of an article.
Date: May 17, 1947
Creator: Neely, Frederick
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

Concentration by Joe De Mers

Description: Page from Esquire magazine featuring illustrations of women and descriptive text. On the first page, no. 52, a blonde woman sits cross-legged on the floor surrounded by tea and sewing supplies. She is following a magazine to embellish a straw garden hat with flowers, which she is holding up to examine intently. On the facing page, a dialogue between a model wearing a swimsuit and a man wearing a tan suit is taking place on a photo shoot set. The two individuals are surrounded by lights, chairs,… more
Date: June 1947
Creator: De Mers, Joe & Willis, Fritz
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Camouflage by Al Moore

Description: Page from Esquire magazine featuring illustrations of women and descriptive text. On the first page, a black-haired woman lays seductively on a leopard-skin wearing a matching top and bottom with red lipstick and nail polish. The description discusses the leopard in regards to women's fashion and behavior throughout history. On the facing page, a woman in a black riding habit and boots lays sprawled on the ground in shock holding her riding crop in her right hand.
Date: June 1947
Creator: Moore, Al & Baz, Ben-Hur
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Portrait of a Christmas Eve

Description: Page from Esquire magazine featuring illustrations of women and descriptive text. On the first page, landscape-oriented painting done by Al Moore of a blonde woman laying on a polar bear skin rug with her arms around the jaw. On the following page is a painting recreating a fictional Victorian Christmas evening party by Leslie Saalburg.
Date: December 1947
Creator: Moore, Al & Saalburg, Leslie
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Ornament by Bob Cassell

Description: Page from Esquire magazine featuring illustrations of women and descriptive text. On the first page, No.39, a curvaceous blonde Christmas chorus girl poses in a peppermint stripe costume. The outfit includes a large red hat, ruffled bustle, tights, and prop umbrella. On the facing page, a petite blonde poses in a short sheer and lace black dress with pink accents and coordinating pink slippers.
Date: March 1947
Creator: Cassell, Bob & Cooper, Mario
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Piquante

Description: Page from Esquire magazine featuring illustrations of women and descriptive text. On the first page, by Coby Whitmore, a brunette woman admires her reflection in a tall black standing mirror and considers the ties to her hat while in a state of topless undress. On the facing page, by Ben Stahl, a Spanish ballerina removes her costume stockings. Both illustrations/ paintings were done specifically for the December 1947 issue.
Date: December 1947
Creator: Whitmore, Coby & Stahl, Ben
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Showgirl Pin-up Doll by Ben-Hur Baz]

Description: Page from Esquire magazine featuring illustrations of women and descriptive text. A single page pin-up doll of a blonde showgirl in a black and turquoise costume including gloves, bloomers, corset, and feathered train. The following page is an excerpt of text discussing the nature of jiggling.
Date: 1947
Creator: Baz, Ben-Hur
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Last Rose by Ben-Hur Baz

Description: Page from Esquire magazine featuring illustrations of women and descriptive text. On the first page, a barefoot woman feigns surprise in a blue and pink matching two-piece with a large straw sunhat. On the facing page, a blonde showgirl is seen studying and smoking a cigarette backstage in costume. Image No. 80 is a unique collaboration between Joe De Mers and Fritz Willis.
Date: October 1947
Creator: Baz, Ben-Hur; De Mers, Joe & Willis Fritz
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[True Magazine Petty Girl Illustration]

Description: Page from True Magazine featuring an illustration of a Petty Girl and descriptive text reading " There's something wrong with this line... a man called and didn't try to date me!" followed by a reproductive print of a painting depicting a man fishing a mountain lake. 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 flirta… more
Date: 1947-09~
Creator: Petty, George & L., F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[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

[True Magazine Petty Girl Illustration]

Description: Page from True Magazine featuring an illustration of a Petty Girl followed by a reproduction of an Audubon bird print [Osprey/ Fish Hawk, plate 81]. 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: 1947
Creator: Petty, George & Audubon, John Jay
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Recapitulation by Euclid Shook

Description: Page from Esquire magazine featuring illustrations of women and descriptive text. On the first page, No. 50, a smiling blonde woman with her hair in two braids stands next to a burning fireplace revealing her legs to warm herself. The description immediately below makes reference to the vestal virgins of Rome, the goddess Hestia, and women's connection to pagan traditions. On the facing page, a self-assured woman wearing a black evening gown and pink gloves walks upstairs side eying away from t… more
Date: May 1947
Creator: Shook, Euclid & Hall, Tom
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[True Magazine Petty Girl Illustration]

Description: Page from True magazine featuring illustrations of Petty Girls followed by a wildlife painting by John Whorf of a man in a boat duck hunting. 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: 1947
Creator: Petty, George & Whorf, John
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Crisis by Fritz Willis

Description: Page from Esquire magazine featuring illustrations of women and descriptive text. On the first page, No. 36, a curly auburn-haired woman ankle-deep in a lily pond is startled by a jumping frog. On the facing page, a tall slender woman fixes her hat in front of a vanity table with a slightly open drawer. She is admiring herself wearing undergarments, a summer bonnet, and red heels.
Date: 1947
Creator: Willis, Fritz & De Mers, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Girl by Al Moore

Description: Page from Esquire magazine featuring illustrations of women and descriptive text. On the first page, a blonde woman by Al Moore poses in a bikini on a pattern of purple zebra stripes. On the facing page by Fritz Willis, the blonde model is surrounded by a whirl of autumn leaves that expose her legs and underwear.
Date: October 1947
Creator: Moore, Al & Willis, Fritz
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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