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[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: Love Cries "Uncle"]

Description: A spread from Esquire magazine featuring an illustration of a blonde Varga Girl flying wearing a matching gold dress and robe set paired with a two stanza verse "Love Cries "Uncle" 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 the color star grey and descriptive text.
Date: April 1942
Creator: Vargas, Alberto
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

[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

[Hurrell Photograph: Peggy Diggins]

Description: A front and back spread from the April edition of Esquire Magazine 1942. This spread features a color reproduction of a Hurrell photograph of 1930s actress Peggy Diggins [1921-1957] followed on the reverse by men's fashion illustrations by William Pachner accompanied by descriptive text.
Date: April 1942
Creator: Hurrell, George & Pachner, William
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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