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[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: Bouquet for a Bride]

Description: A spread from Esquire magazine featuring an illustration of a Varga Girl styled as a bride in a wedding dress, veil, and stockings throwing her shoe paired with a two stanza verse "Bouquet for a Bride" 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 hats accompanied by descriptive text for the June edition 1943.
Date: June 1941
Creator: Vargas, Alberto; Stack, Phil & Pachner, William
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: Curves are Trumps ]

Description: A spread from Esquire magazine featuring an illustration of a redhead Varga Girl flying styled to a card and gambling theme paired with a two stanza verse "Curves are Trumps" by Phil Stack. On the following side of the spread is a reproduction offset lithograph print of sketches and photographs celebrating fathers day clipped from the June edition of Esquire Magazine in 1943.
Date: June 1941
Creator: Vargas, Alberto; Stack, Phil & De Vos, Leon
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: Patriotism Minus]

Description: A spread from Esquire magazine featuring an illustration of a brunette Varga Girl wearing a floor-length silver dress paired with the verse Patriotism Minus 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 shoes and socks for every occasion accompanied with labels and descriptive text.
Date: November 1941
Creator: Vargas, Alberto; Stack, Phil & Pachner, William
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: Nice Neighbors]

Description: A spread from Esquire magazine featuring an illustration of two Varga Girls representing the United States (the pilgrim) and Spain (the senorita) paired with a two stanza verse "Nice Neighbors" by Phil Stack. On the following side of the spread is a reproduction offset lithograph print of various sports and recreation fashion watercolor illustrations by Robert Goodman for the May edition of 1941.
Date: May 1941
Creator: Vargas, Alberto; Stack, Phil & Goodman, Robert
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Pedro J. Gonzalez autobiographical account, 3]

Description: Autobiographical account by Pedro J. Gonzalez, in Tijuana. A wide column of paragraphed text extends across two pages, filling the available space. Faded text is visible behind and to the left of some paragraphs.
Date: 1941
Creator: Parlee, Lorena, 1945-2006
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Road to Zanibar c. 1940]

Description: Photograph of a carousel with horse-shaped jumpers in front of a barn. A flatbed truck is parked to its left. A Paramount movie poster advertising Road to Zanzibar stands in the foreground on the right.
Date: [1941..]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Enid Justin and Ken Maynard at the Fort Worth Stock Show]

Description: Photograph of Enid Justin and Ken Maynard each holding a boot whiles standing next to a horse at the Forth Worth Stock Show in March 1941. Justin is wearing a black dress and hat that has a piece of paper with "Nocona" wrapped around it along with animal skins on both shoulders; Maynard is wearing traditional cowboy attire with an embellished shirt, belt, and boots with spurs. Both Justin and Maynard wear smiles on their faces during their conversation.
Date: 1941
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Aunt China and Uncle Harv, 1]

Description: Photograph of Aunt China and Uncle Harv Sparks sitting near a fireplace in their home living room. Cumberland Gap, Tennessee. The text of a poem titled "Life Together" is pasted beneath the image.
Date: 1941
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Aunt China and Uncle Harv

Description: Photograph of Aunt China and Uncle Harv Sparks in their home living room. Cumberland Gap, Tennessee. Narrative by Junebug Clark. China and Harv spent their lives together in this two room log cabin. No electricity. No Central Heat. No indoor plumbing, but all together they had a lot. Joe Clark’s wife, Bernice, would often tell the story of her first trip outside of Michigan, her honeymoon with Joe, and the day and night they spent with Aunt China and Uncle Harv. “It was getting late and Joe an… more
Date: 1941
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Letter from Ernesto O. Schuster to Joaquin Aguilar Robles]

Description: Letter from Ernesto O. Schuster to Joaquin Aguilar Robles. A wide column of paragraphed text is printed below a date, name, and location. The text column continues across the fronts of three additional pages before ending above a signature. Portions of the second page's text are underlined.
Date: May 30, 1941
Creator: Parlee, Lorena, 1945-2006 & Schuster, Ernesto O.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Letter to Pedro J. Gonzalez from L.T. Cuenca]

Description: Letter to Pedro J. Gonzalez from L.T. Cuenca. The first page of the document has a long title is printed on its front, below which are lines of small text. The rest of the page is filled by a wide column of paragraphed text positioned near an address and a list of words. The wide text column continues onto the page's back and ends above a signature. Paragraphs of text and financial numbers are printed on the front of the document's second page.
Date: March 14, 1941
Creator: Parlee, Lorena, 1945-2006 & Gonzalez, Pedro J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of the exterior of a church]

Description: Photograph of the exterior of a large stone church with a shingle roof. A wall with many arch-shaped doorways extends from the side of the building and stretched across the lawn. Ivy grows up along the sides of the church.
Date: 1941~
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of a house hidden behind trees]

Description: Photograph of a large white house. Many tall trees grow in front of the house, partially obstructing it. The house has tall columns and dark shutters. A smaller building with a pitched roof is visible to the left of the house. A lawn of tall grass stretches out in front of the house.
Date: 1941~
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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