Talk:McCalla
Brown & Bigelow
- Brown & Bigelow Co., St. Paul, Minnesota (1920s–2001)
- 1896 B&B founded
- 1927 B&B starts making Hoyle brand playing cards
- 19 .... B&B forms Stancraft Products division
- 196.. B&B acquired by Standard Packaging Corporation
- 1970 SPC acquired by Saxon Industries, Inc.
- 1975 Stancraft Products renamed Hoyle Products, Inc.
- 2001 Hoyle Products, Inc. acquired by USPC (United States Playing Card Company)H
Playing card brands:
- Hoyle® (1927—)
- Kent® (c.1970s)
- Maverick® (c.1970—)
- Nu-Vue Playing Cards (pre-1964)
- Nu-Vue™ tint (c.1960s reduce eye strain)
- Redi-Slip® Finish
- Remembrance Playing Cards (c.1940–1950s)
- Trump® (c.1970s)
- Stardust® (c.1970s)
Manufactured cards for:
- James Hardie Spicers (c.1980–81)
- Nasco Playing Cards (Chicago)
- Miguel Galas, S.A. (México, c.1960)
- Queen’s Slipper (Australia, c.1979/80)
- Reeds (Australia, c.1970s)
- Spicers (Australia)
Decks
- Gil Elvgren playing cards (original)
- 53 pinups (inc. a Joker), top hat and glove on backs (c. 1955)
- : “52 Gorgeous Girls” (ruby card backs, top hat on silver box) Top Hat Playing Cards
- : “52 American Beauties” (ruby card backs, snakecharmer box) Stancraft Products
- : “52 American Beauties” (ruby card backs, snakecharmer box) Creative Playing Card Co.
- : “52 American Beauties” (teal card backs, snakecharmer box) Creative Playing Card Co.
- Gil Elvgren playing cards (later)
- : Gil Elvgren Sexy Girls 54 Images (2000s, China)
- O: Gil Elvgren Collection № 1 (2004, Russia) 52+2 pin-ups
- O: Gil Elvgren Collection № 2 (2004, Russia) 52+2 pin-ups
- O: Gil Elvgren Collection № 3 (2004, Russia) 52+2 pin-ups
- Vargas playing cards
- Va: “Vanities by Vargas” (53 pin-up girls, 2½×3½″, ©1953 Western World)
- 9♣ Susan Ames, 4♦ Irish McCalla, K♠ Mara Corday, J♠ Jeanne Dean
- Va: “Models of All Nations” (52 nude models, 2½×3½″, c.1950s Frederic Ent.)
- 9♥ Betty White, • All signed Felix Ghiz Jr.
- Va: Esquire Playing Cards NO. 7-111 (4³⁄₄×6²⁄₃″, 54 nude models, c.1960s, Hong Kong)
- Va: Marilyn Monroe cards (2 decks, ©1976 Kelley Studios)
Vargas
1952 Or. & Gr. "''comme ci, comme ca!'' <small>(Anything Goes!) by Vargas</small>" <small>(Brown & Bigelow, St. Paul 4, Minn., two decks)</small>
Orange "Vanities by Vargas" <small>(© ''Western World'' Playing Card Co., St. Louis, Missouri)</small>
Orange "Vargas Vanities, 53 pin ups" <small>(© ''Western World'' Playing Card Co., St. Louis, Missouri, Hollywood, California) cyan front</small>
Green "Vargas Vanities, 53 pin ups" <small>(''Western World'' Playing Card Co., St. Louis, Missouri, Hollywood, California)</small>
1953 Cyan "53 Vargas Girls" <small>(cyan box, ''Creative'' Playing Card Co. Inc., St. Louis 2, Missouri, Printed in U.S.A.)</small>
1953 Pink "53 Vargas Girls" <small>(pink box, ''Creative'' Playing Card Co. Inc., St. Louis 2, Missouri, Printed in U.S.A.)</small>
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Jul-51 “She’s My Type” by Bob C…
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Oct-51 Gwen Caldwell
Nov-51 9♣ Susan Ames
Dec-51 4♦ Irish McCalla
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Feb-52 K♠ Mara Corday redhead, on back legs up, in lace one-piece
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May-52 J♠ Jeanne Dean
Jun-52 Maxine Gifford brunette, pale blue mini-dress, heels, and phone to head
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Esquire
- Varga Girl Playing Cards – Esquire magazine
- 1941 (blond in shear top with cards on red background)
- 1941 (blond in shear top and hat on blue background)
- 1942 “A” (woman reclining nude on blue background)
- 1942 “B” (woman stand in dress on pink background)
- 1943 (blond kneeling in leopard-print one-piece on black background)
- 1943 (redhead crouching in leopard-print one-piece on blue background)
- 1944 (blond reclining in blue bottoms on a red background)
- 1944 (redhead reclining in red bottoms on a blue background)
- 1945 “A” (blond sitting in white one-piece on a red background)
- 1945 “B” (blond sitting away in white one-piece on a blue background)
- 1946 (redhead sitting nude in yellow flowers with a green background)
- 1946 (redhead sitting away nude in white flowers with a brown background)
Fabulous Females
No. 1 • 25¢ • 75 glamorous photos of the world’s most beautiful woman
A who’s who of pin-up queens: Marilyn Monroe, Anita Ekburg, Sophia Loren, Kim Novak, Mamie Van Doren, Jayne Mansfield, and many others!
A delicious dozen of the world’s reigning beauties in a collection of intimate photos.
Published and copyright 1955 by Literary Enterprises, Inc. Printed in the U.S.A.
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- Irish McCalla
- A fair Nebraska colleen came to California to seek her fortune, wound up as an African jungle queen
America’s television screens will soon be displaying the talents of a colleen out of Pawnee City, Nebraska. the aforementioned talents will be surrounded by a jungle-type bikini fashioned out of a leopard’s pride and joy. The leopard never did for his skin what Irish McCalla does, however. As “Sheena, Queen of the Jungle,” Irish gets her first big break toward a movie career. Until now, her face and figure have adored most of the country’s magazines. One of eight children, Irish left Nebraska to find her fortune in California, and she may have struck gold at last. Which will be all right with the girl who once worked as a waitress and a trouble-shooter in an aircraft factory before going into modelling. Meanwhile, Irish is happy to swing her five-foot-eight-inch frame from tree to tree à la Johnny Weissmuller if it means a chance to make good in Hollywood.
The McCalla measurements are fabulous—39-inch bust, 25-inch waist, 36-inch hips. Irish keeps in trim by swimming, surfboard riding and generally acting athletic.
Soft lighting can’t hide the form that made Irish one of the most popular models in California.
