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Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe — Los Angeles, California (1949) Before becoming a major film star, Marilyn Monroe posed in a nude pinup art photoshoot for photographer Tom Kelley in Los Angeles. The...

Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe — Los Angeles, California (1949) Before becoming a major film star, Marilyn Monroe posed in a nude pinup art photoshoot for photographer Tom Kelley in Los Angeles. The...

Gil Elvgren

Gil Elvgren — Brown & Bigelow Calendars (St. Paul, Minnesota, 1940s–1960s) Artist Gil Elvgren was one of the most influential American pinup illustrators, known for his commercial work with Brown...

Gil Elvgren

Gil Elvgren — Brown & Bigelow Calendars (St. Paul, Minnesota, 1940s–1960s) Artist Gil Elvgren was one of the most influential American pinup illustrators, known for his commercial work with Brown...

Alberto Vargas — Esquire Magazine (United States, 1940s) Peruvian-American artist Alberto Vargas created the famous “Varga Girls” pinup illustrations for Esquire magazine starting in the early 1940s. These elegant pinup...

Alberto Vargas

Alberto Vargas — Esquire Magazine (United States, 1940s) Peruvian-American artist Alberto Vargas created the famous “Varga Girls” pinup illustrations for Esquire magazine starting in the early 1940s. These elegant pinup...

Betty Grable

Betty Grable — Hollywood, California (1943) Betty Grable became the most famous pinup girl of World War II after a 1943 20th Century Fox publicity photograph showing her in a...

Betty Grable

Betty Grable — Hollywood, California (1943) Betty Grable became the most famous pinup girl of World War II after a 1943 20th Century Fox publicity photograph showing her in a...

Neon at the Starlight Diner

“Neon at the Starlight Diner” — Los Angeles, California (1957) Maggie Rowe worked nights at the Starlight Diner off Route 66, where the walls were covered in pinup art commissioned...

Neon at the Starlight Diner

“Neon at the Starlight Diner” — Los Angeles, California (1957) Maggie Rowe worked nights at the Starlight Diner off Route 66, where the walls were covered in pinup art commissioned...

Angel of Guadalcanal

“Angel of Guadalcanal” — Solomon Islands (1943, WWII Pacific) Pilot Kenji Nakamura flew reconnaissance missions over Guadalcanal with a subtle pinup art design painted on his aircraft: a serene winged...

Angel of Guadalcanal

“Angel of Guadalcanal” — Solomon Islands (1943, WWII Pacific) Pilot Kenji Nakamura flew reconnaissance missions over Guadalcanal with a subtle pinup art design painted on his aircraft: a serene winged...

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