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[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: Merry Christmas and How!]

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A spread from Esquire magazine featuring an illustration of a blonde Varga Girl sitting under a spring of mistletoe wearing a black dress and gold shoes paired with the verse "Merry Christmas and How!" by Phil Stack. On the following side is a reproduction print of the painting "Roberston Comes Through" by Peter Helck done especially for the December edition of Esquire Magazine in 1944. The painting shows a large crowd of men gathered around the muddy and tight homestretch turn of Long Island Motor Parkway racetrack where two automobiles, number 16, Locomobile driven by 23-year-old George Roberston is in … continued below

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[1] p. : ill.; 45 x 34 cm.

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Vargas, Alberto; Stack, Phil & Helck, Peter December 1944.

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A spread from Esquire magazine featuring an illustration of a blonde Varga Girl sitting under a spring of mistletoe wearing a black dress and gold shoes paired with the verse "Merry Christmas and How!" by Phil Stack. On the following side is a reproduction print of the painting "Roberston Comes Through" by Peter Helck done especially for the December edition of Esquire Magazine in 1944. The painting shows a large crowd of men gathered around the muddy and tight homestretch turn of Long Island Motor Parkway racetrack where two automobiles, number 16, Locomobile driven by 23-year-old George Roberston is in the lead followed by car number 6, an Isotta, driven by Herbert "Herb" Lytle.

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[1] p. : ill.; 45 x 34 cm.

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The painting that appears on the backside of this item is referencing the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup. The Vanderbilt Cup, founded and funded in 1904 by William Vanderbilt II, was the first major trophy in American auto racing. The large cash prize put forth by the Vanderbilt family drew international attention and was intended to bring American manufacturers into the new age of motor vehicle technology through racing, and compete with major European races such as Le Mans and automobile manufacturers The Vanderbilt Cup saw the building of America's first motor speedway as a way to improve safety, which opened partially in the 1908 race seen in this item. In 1908, George Robertson became the first American to win an international race in an American vehicle. The vehicle in question was the American Locomobile, which was the company's first gas-powered car and was designed by Andrew L. Riker. The Vanderbilt Cup is tied to the famous names of Louis Chevrolet, Vincenzo Lancia, and Ralph DePalma.

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  • Preferred Citation: Jack Evans and George E. Harris Collection (The Dallas Way) (AR0788), University of North Texas Special Collections

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  • December 1944

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Vargas, Alberto; Stack, Phil & Helck, Peter. [Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: Merry Christmas and How!], clipping, December 1944; New York. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1730074/: accessed June 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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