Latest content added for The Portal to Texas Historyhttps://texashistory.unt.edu/search/?sort=date_a&q=&fq=str_month%3A11_nov&t=fulltext2020-11-10T12:04:19-06:00UNT LibrariesThis is a custom feed for searching The Portal to Texas History[Clipping: "Ferry Pilot"]2018-07-30T06:03:37-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1029652/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1029652/"><img alt="[Clipping: "Ferry Pilot"]" title="[Clipping: "Ferry Pilot"]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1029652/small/"/></a></p><p>Magazine clipping with a photograph of Nancy Batson on one side and an advertisement for Kollsman Aircraft Instruments. Text on the front side reads: " FERRY PILOT: All smiles over her appointment as Florida's first WAFS (Woman's Auxiliary Ferry Squadron) member, Nancy Batson, former flight instructor at Embry-Riddle, Miami, prepares to take off. A native of Alabama where she learned to fly at the U. of A., Tuscaloosa, Nancy at 22 intends to make flying her career. She is convinced that the longer the war continues women will assume more and more wartime responsibility."</p>[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: Beauts and Saddles]2020-11-10T12:04:19-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1730032/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1730032/"><img alt="[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: Beauts and Saddles]" title="[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: Beauts and Saddles]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1730032/small/"/></a></p><p>A spread from Esquire magazine featuring an illustration of a blonde Varga Girl styled to a western theme paired with the verse "Beauts and Saddles" by Phil Stack. On the following side of the spread is a reproduction offset lithograph print of men's fashion illustrations by William Pachner accompanied by descriptive text.</p>[Hurrell Photograph: Rita Hayworth]2020-11-10T12:04:19-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1729962/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1729962/"><img alt="[Hurrell Photograph: Rita Hayworth]" title="[Hurrell Photograph: Rita Hayworth]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1729962/small/"/></a></p><p>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.</p>[Clipping: The Neighbors]2017-11-12T00:55:56-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth894116/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth894116/"><img alt="[Clipping: The Neighbors]" title="[Clipping: The Neighbors]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth894116/small/"/></a></p><p>Newspaper clipping of a one-panel comic depicting a young woman angrily putting on a coat, talking to an older woman sitting in a living room. The caption reads, "Some day all the women will be telling their grand-children how they ferried bombers and stuff! I'll be pointed out as the one who sat evenings with the neighbors' children." Advertisements with illustrations for clothing are visible on the back of the clipping.</p>