Pin-up art by Arnold Kohn for Gerlach-Barklow Co., 1956
Saturday Matinee
Playing Hooky
Pin-up art by Al Buell published by Gerlach-Barklow Co., 1944
What Shall I Wear?
Pin-up by Ray App issued by the Thos. D. Murphy Company, March 1952
Check and Double Check
Gil Elvgren for Brown & Bigelow, c. 1950, #30532
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The Wrong Nail
Pearl Frush for The Gerlach Barklow Co., c. 1950s
Up A Tree
Gil Elvgren, Brown & Bigelow, November 1966, 235-305-11
Glamorous
Pin-up by Jules Erbit, c. 1940s or 1950s
Shrink or Swim
Pin-up by Ted Withers for Brown & Bigelow, August 1956, #35648
Experience is a good teacher…
Earl Moran for Brown & Bigelow, c. June 1951, #30866
One of several ink blotters that feature Earl Moran’s pin-up art of Marilyn Monroe.
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