Alberto Vargas
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Joaquin Alberto Vargas y Chávez was a Peruvian-American painter of pin-up girls. These pin-ups are sometimes known as Vargas girls. He is often considered one of the most famous pin-up artists and a p
Vargas's 1933 theatrical release poster featuring actress Zita Johann
Photo of Zita Johann in the 1928 play Machinal for comparison
Memories of Olive portrays actress Olive Thomas (1920)
Olive Thomas
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Olive Thomas was an American silent-film actress, art model, and photo model. Her birth certificate appears to list her name as Oliva, but this is widely thought to be an error. In the 1900 census, sh
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…work. His early career in New York included work as an artist for the Ziegfeld Follies and for many Hollywood studios. Ziegfeld hung his painting of Olive Thomas at the theater, and she was considered one of the earliest Vargas Girls. Vargas's most famous film poster was for the 1933 film The Sin of Nora Moran…
Thomas in 1919
Between Poses by Penrhyn Stanlaws, 1915
Thomas in Out Yonder, 1919
Autographed photo of Thomas, c. 1916