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[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: Torches at Midnight]

Description: A spread from Esquire magazine featuring an illustration of a redhead Varga Girl posed diagonally across the page wearing a black negligee paired with the two stanza verse "Torches at Midnight" by Phil Stack. On the following side of the spread is a reproduction offset lithograph print of the painting The Commander's Last Dive by John Falter used especially for the October edition of 1943. The painting depicts a Navy Commander hanging to the side of submarine forty-two as it sinks.
Date: October 1943
Creator: Vargas, Alberto; Stack, Phil & Falter, John
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: Vacation Reverie]

Description: A spread from Esquire magazine featuring an illustration of a blonde Varga Girl flying posing wearing a red bathing suit paired with a two stanza verse "Vacation Reviere" by Phil Stack. On the following side of the spread is a reproduction offset lithograph print of the painting Bombardiers Last Breath by John Falter used especially for the August edition of Esquire Magazine in 1943
Date: August 1943
Creator: Vargas, Alberto & Stack, Phil
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Hurrell Photograph: Jean Rogers]

Description: A page from the March edition of Esquire magazine 1943. The front features a color Hurrell photograph of MGM actress Jean Rogers [1916-1991]. The backside features a portrait color photograph of an alert Beagle dog by Henry Waxman.
Date: March 1943
Creator: Hurrell, George & Waxman, Henry
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Calendar Introduction Page]

Description: A single page front and back clipped from the Esquire Magazine Varga Girl 1944 calendar advertisement. A rectangular section has been removed from the lower right corner. On the front is the calenders introduction and advertising information found in the descriptive text. On the back are previews of the illustrations paired with descriptive verses for months July through December.
Date: December 1943
Creator: Vargas, Alberto
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: Military Secrets]

Description: A spread from Esquire magazine featuring an illustration of a blonde Varga Girl wearing a sheer dress printed with the verse "Military Secrets" by Phil Stack. On the following side of the spread is a reproduction offset lithograph print of the painting The Jap Eradicator by John Falter used especially for the September edition 1943. The painting depicts two soldiers camouflaged in jungle plants firing an automatic weapon.
Date: September 1943
Creator: Vargas, Alberto; Stack, Phil & Falter, John
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: There'll Always Be a Christmas]

Description: A spread from Esquire magazine featuring an illustration of a blonde Varga Girl flying wearing a red, white, and blue sheer dress printed with the navy star paired with a two stanza verse "There'll Always be a Christmas" in a gothic font by Phil Stack. On the following side of the spread is a reproduction offset lithograph print of the painting The Unkillable Quarry by John Falter used especially for the December edition of Esquire Magazine in 1943. The painting/print depicts a soldier (possib… more
Date: December 1943
Creator: Vargas, Alberto; Stack, Phil & Falter, John
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Magazine Color Photograph of a Woman]

Description: Page from Esquire Magazine featuring a color portrait photograph of an unidentified woman and arrangement of reproduction lithographs of paintings by Maxim Kope including, Flamboyant, Women with Fishnet, Tahitian Widow, and Fighting Women. Clipped from the 1943 August edition.
Date: August 1943
Creator: Kopf, Maxim
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: Song for a Solider]

Description: A spread from Esquire magazine featuring an illustration of a brunette Varga Girl flying wearing a sheer white nightdress paired with a two stanza verse "Song for a Solider" by Phil Stack. On the following side of the spread is a reproduction offset lithograph print of men's winter fashion illustrations by William Pachner paired with descriptive text of the scene depicting individuals gathered for the launch of a U.S submarine.
Date: March 1943
Creator: Vargas, Alberto; Stack, Phil & Pachner, William
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Hurrell Photograph: Constance Dowling]

Description: A front and back spread from the January edition of Esquire Magazine 1944. This spread features a color reproduction of a Hurrell photograph of 1930s actress Constance Dowling [1920-1969] followed on the reverse by a reproduction offset lithograph print of the painting The Year of Our Lord, 1943 by John Falter.
Date: January 1943
Creator: Hurrell, George & Falter, John
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: Virtue Triumphs]

Description: A spread from Esquire magazine featuring an illustration of a blonde Varga Girl wearing a baby pink corset paired with the verse Virtue Triumphs! by Phil Stack. On the following side of the spread is a reproduction offset lithograph print of the painting The Hero Triumphs by John Falter used especially for the November edition of Esquire Magazine in 1943.
Date: November 1943
Creator: Vargas, Alberto & Stack, Phil
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Musical Opening Choruses, Finales and Production Numbers for Soldier Shows

Description: A selection of opening choruses, choral finales, sketches with comedy songs, and miniature musical comedies, mostly excerpted from pre-existing Broadway shows with lyrics adapted to Army, Navy, or Marine Corps themes. Soldiers were encouraged to incorporate these numbers into their own shows, adapting them further as needed, and to use them as inspiration for writing their own original numbers.
Date: 1943
Creator: Writers and Material Committee of Camp Shows, Inc.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Tim Williams as a Cowboy]

Description: Photograph of Tim Williams dressed as a cowboy, kneeling on a sidewalk. He is holding a toy gun in one hand and looking at the camera. Tim is wearing a long-sleeve button-up shirt with a bandana around his neck and a cowboy hat. An empty street and adjacent sidewalk can be seen in the background behind him.
Date: [1943..]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Tim against a wall]

Description: Photograph of Tim Williams sitting against the exterior of a house. He wears a white, short-sleeved shirt tucked into striped shorts. Behind him, a wood-paneled wall and the edge of a window can be seen.
Date: [1943..]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Tim Williams smiling]

Description: Portrait of Tim Williams as a child, smiling at the camera. He is shirtless and sitting in front of a column. His eyes are squinting slightly as he looks at the camera.
Date: [1943..]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Helen, Bernice, Joe and Mary]

Description: Photograph of Helen, Bernice, Joe, and Mary standing next to one another at Bernice and Joe's wedding. The newlyweds stand between Helen, Bernice's sister, and Mary, Bernice's mother. Bernice is wearing a white dress and Joe is wearing a suit and tie. Both Helen and Mary are wearing floral-patterned dresses.
Date: 1943~
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Helen, Bernice, Joe and Mary, 2]

Description: Photograph of Helen, Bernice, Joe, and Mary standing next to one another at Bernice and Joe's wedding. The newlyweds stand between Helen, Bernice's sister, and Mary, Bernice's mother. Bernice is wearing a white dress and Joe is wearing a suit and tie. Both Helen and Mary are wearing floral-patterned dresses.
Date: 1943~
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Helen, Bernice, Joe, Esther and William]

Description: Photograph of Joe and Bernice Clark posing with Helen, Esther, and William Krent at Bernice and Joe's wedding. Helen, Bernice's sister, stands next to Bernice. Esther and William, Bernice's sister-in-law and brother, stand next to Joe. Everyone is smiling at the camera.
Date: 1943~
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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