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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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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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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The Barracks Wall in Busan

“The Barracks Wall in Busan” — Korea (1951, Korean War) Corporal James McAllister served in Busan where soldiers decorated barracks walls with magazine pinup art and clipped pinup girl images...

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The Barracks Wall in Busan

“The Barracks Wall in Busan” — Korea (1951, Korean War) Corporal James McAllister served in Busan where soldiers decorated barracks walls with magazine pinup art and clipped pinup girl images...

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Sgt. Lily and the Desert Tank

“Sgt. Lily and the Desert Tank” — El Alamein, Egypt (1942, WWII) Sergeant William “Dusty” Hale commanded a Sherman tank marked with a crude pinup art painting called “Lily of...

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Sgt. Lily and the Desert Tank

“Sgt. Lily and the Desert Tank” — El Alamein, Egypt (1942, WWII) Sergeant William “Dusty” Hale commanded a Sherman tank marked with a crude pinup art painting called “Lily of...

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he Nurse on the Hull

2. “The Nurse on the Hull” — Anzio, Italy (1944, WWII) Private Marco Santini waited for supply ships off the coast of Anzio during heavy fighting. One Liberty ship, SS...

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he Nurse on the Hull

2. “The Nurse on the Hull” — Anzio, Italy (1944, WWII) Private Marco Santini waited for supply ships off the coast of Anzio during heavy fighting. One Liberty ship, SS...

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