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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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
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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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[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.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[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?]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Dogs Life by Joe De Mers & Fritz Willis

Description: Page from Esquire magazine featuring illustrations of women and descriptive text. On the first page is a collaborative illustration of a woman in a yellow two-piece joyfully receiving a black Cocker Spaniel puppy. On the facing page, by Fritz Willis, an auburn haired figure model sits covered in a black coat between sessions on her posing stool drinking tea
Date: November 1947
Creator: De Mers, Joe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Adornment by Fritz Willis

Description: A single front and back page from the August edition of Esquire Magazine 1947. The page features theatrical and dance-themed pin-ups by Fritz Willis and Joe De, Mers followed by small paragraphs of descriptive text at the bottom of each printed illustration.
Date: August 1947
Creator: Willis, Fritz & De Mers, Joe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[True Magazine Petty Girl Illustration]

Description: Page from True magazine featuring an illustration of a Petty Girl followed by a printed reproduction of a painting by American watercolorist, Hardie Gramatky of a group of sailboats. 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: February 1947
Creator: Petty, George & Gramatky, Hardie
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Kitten by Joe De Mers

Description: Page from Esquire magazine featuring illustrations of women and descriptive text. On the first page by De Mers, a youthful brunette ballet dancer watches over 3 kittens. She is seated on an emerald green love seat wearing her dance slippers and a matching slip dress. On the facing page by Baz, a simple image of a blonde eating an apple with a bowl of tropical fruit in front of her. The description outlines the symbolism of the fruits.
Date: November 1947
Creator: De Mers, Joe & Baz, Ben-Hur
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Letter to Rep. Ed Gossett from Dr. Arthur Sampley - December 18, 1947]

Description: A letter from Dr. Arthur Sampley, North Texas State Teacher's College Library Director, to the Honorable Ed Gossett, representative to the U.S. House of Representative for the thirteenth congressional district. In this letter, Dr. Sampley is requesting Rep. Gossett's help with designating the NTSTC Library as a federal depository library.
Date: December 18, 1947
Creator: Sampley, Arthur M.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Classified list of United States government publications

Description: The Classified List includes all classes of publications available for distribution to depository libraries. This list includes the selections made by the North Texas State College library beginning in April 1948.
Date: June 1, 1947
Creator: United States. Government Printing Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Two children in clown costumes posing, 2]

Description: Photograph of two children from a dance school, wearing clown costumes. The little girl is doing a backbend while the little boy leans over her with his arms wrapped around her waist. The clown suits have multi-colored polka dots and three large pompoms attached.
Date: 1947~
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Dancer in leotard and tutu]

Description: Portrait of a girl posing in a dance studio with her arms held out in front of her in an 'O' shape. She is standing with one leg behind the other, and her toes pointed outward. The girl is wearing a white leotard and tutu with red trimming and a black corset. She has shoulder-length brunette hair with curled ends. In the background, a mural on a wall displays two female ballet dancers.
Date: 1947~
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Girl in blue ballet attire, 2]

Description: Portrait of a girl posing in a dance studio with one arm raised above her head and the other held out in front of her. She is standing on her toes, facing the camera. The girl is wearing a light-blue leotard, tutu, and ballet shoes. She has shoulder-length, wavy, light brown hair with bangs. In the background, a mural on a wall displays two female ballet dancers.
Date: 1947~
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Girl wearing a metallic costume]

Description: Photograph of a girl wearing a red and gold two-piece metallic costume with a large, matching headpiece. She is standing with her legs apart, toes pointed in opposite directions, and her knees slightly bent. Her arms are being held out at her side, palms facing upwards and her elbows slightly bent.
Date: 1947~
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Ballet dancer lacing her shoe]

Description: Portrait of a ballet dancer lacing her shoe that is propped up on a square box while looking off to the side. She is wearing a white ballet leotard with a tutu, a silver crown, white tights, and white shoes. The leotard and the crown have sparkly accents. The girl has short, curly blonde hair that is parted to the side. Behind her, a mural on a wall displays two female ballet dancers.
Date: 1947~
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Dance school girl, 2]

Description: Photograph of a young girl from a dance school posing. She is standing with her legs apart with one foot pointing her toes downward. She has one arm raised above her head and the other being held straight out, to the side. She is wearing a satin leotard with a tutu and black shoes. She has brunette hair with bangs that is worn up in a bun with yellow flowers. The girl is looking directly at the camera with a smile on her face.
Date: 1947~
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Young dancer posing]

Description: Portrait of a girl posing in a dance studio with one hand on her hip and her other arm raised. She is standing with one leg behind the other, with the one in the back turned sideways. The girl is wearing a white leotard and tutu with red trimming and a black corset. She has short light-brown hair with bangs. In the background, a mural on a wall displays two female ballet dancers.
Date: 1947~
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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