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[Clipping: WASP comic]

Description: Newspaper clipping of a comic depicting female plane mechanics discussing their male counterparts over lunch, next to an airplane. The caption reads, "They never try to get fresh with me. They're always too busy trying to keep up with me on the JOB."
Date: October 26, 1942
Creator: d'Alessio, Gregory
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Railroad Magazine's Locomotives of the Texas & Pacific]

Description: Clipping of Railroad Magazine's Locomotives of the Texas & Pacific. There are three trains pictured on the clipping, #'s 493, 810, and 909, as well as a large table of stats to the left. Written underneath the clipping is "-Railroad Magazine Oct 1948 pg 126-27."
Date: October 1948
Partner: The Grace Museum

[Clipping: Scarsdale Home News]

Description: Newspaper clipping from No. 11 of the Scarsdale Home News. The main article is titled "A Family Affair," which discusses the swearing in of Dorothy Jean Leslie as a member of the WAVES or Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service. Other articles center around the local weather phenomenon, post-war plans, the returns of local veterans, wedding announcements, and obituaries.
Date: October 7, 1944
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

Meetings scheduled by Latin American league of citizens

Description: Newspaper clipping with handwritten date noted as October 1947 titled "Meetings Scheduled By Latin American League of Citizens". This article contains information about an upcoming LULAC regional convention to be held in Houston for LULAC delegates from 45 Texas cities.
Date: October 1947
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[Coronation of Queen Ofelia of the Fiesta de la Raza]

Description: Newspaper clipping of the coronation of Queen Ophelia I on October 11, 1942, on the grounds of the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Houston, Texas. The coronation was part of the Fiesta de la Raza.
Date: October 11, 1942
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: Some Pumpkins!]

Description: A spread from Esquire magazine featuring an illustration of a redhead Varga Girl wearing a short black satin dress with black stocking paired with the verse "Some Pumpkins!" by Phil Stack. On the following side of the spread is a reproduction offset lithograph print of the painting "Tommy Hitchcock: Ten Goal American" by Tony Palazzo used especially for the October edition of Esquire Magazine in 1944. The painting depicts American polo star Tommy Hitchcock [1900-1944] mid-swing scoring a goal.
Date: October 1944
Creator: Vargas, Alberto & Stack, Phil
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Speculation by Al Buell

Description: Page from Esquire magazine featuring illustrations of women and descriptive text. On the first page, a kneeling blonde woman thoughtfully brushes her hair in front of a floor mirror with a peach in the foreground. On the facing page, a woman with black hair kneels to cut and style her long hair in front of a mirror following a magazine's instructions.
Date: October 1946
Creator: Buell, Al & Utz, Thornton
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[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

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
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

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
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Clipping: "Women in Uniform"]

Description: Magazine clipping of an article about certain WASPs in their service.
Date: October 1943
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Impressive Victory]

Description: Clipping from the Galveston Daily News describing a vote from the University of Texas board of regents to retain the Medical Branch permanently in Galveston.
Date: October 2, 1944
Creator: The Galveston Daily News
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Clipping:The Future of Texas State Supported Schools]

Description: Clipping from Austin State Observer describing proposals for the future development of the University of Texas by Doctor Homer P. Rainey.
Date: October 2, 1944
Creator: Austin State Observer
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Clipping: Catholic Campaign]

Description: Newspaper clipping covering the September 11 story of a Roman Catholic priest pleading guilty to drunk driving in Medera, California and the backlash of the roman-catholic community against the publishing newspaper, Scripps-Howard's San Francisco News. On the back of the article are two advertisements for Burberrys of London and Myers Jamaican Rum.
Date: October 23, 1944
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: Some Pumpkins!]

Description: A spread from Esquire magazine featuring an illustration of a redhead Varga Girl wearing a short black satin dress with black stocking paired with the verse "Some Pumpkins!" by Phil Stack. On the following side of the spread is a reproduction print of the painting "Tommy Hitchcock: Ten Goal American" by Tony Palazzo used especially for the October edition of Esquire Magazine in 1944. The painting depicts American polo star Tommy Hitchcock [1900-1944] mid-swing scoring a goal.
Date: October 1944
Creator: Vargas, Alberto; Stack, Phil & Palazzo, Tony
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: Song for a Guitar ]

Description: A spread from Esquire magazine featuring an illustration of a blonde Varga Girl poses with a guitar paired with a two stanza verse "Song for a Guitar" 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 the color freedom blue accompanied by descriptive text.
Date: October 1942
Creator: Vargas, Alberto; Stack, Phil & Pachner, William
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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