A Ten-Page Birthday Garland to Esky From Esquire (Age XX)

October 1 1953 JOHN GROTH, E. SIMMS CAMPBELL, Barbara Shermund, ROBERT J. LEE, SYD HOFF, Dorothy Mckay, IRVING ROIR, HOWARD BAER, ELDON DEDINI

A Ten-Page Birthday Garland to Esky From Esquire (Age XX) October 1 1953

October 1 1953 JOHN GROTH, E. SIMMS CAMPBELL, Barbara Shermund, ROBERT J. LEE, SYD HOFF, Dorothy Mckay, IRVING ROIR, HOWARD BAER, ELDON DEDINI

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A Ten-Page Birthday Garland to Esky From Esquire (Age XX) October 1 1953

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The Playground

Portal to Posh

Surprise Party

Cartoons

"Have You Ever Been Vaccinated?"

“You Should Try Hot Tea—Cold Drinks Only Make You Hotter”

"Congratulations, Mr. Rondo, You Are the Winner of a Terrific Blonde!"

Features

Scopes Reviews the Monkey Trial

"I Am the Malevolent WASP"

Barbara Shermund

“But Wouldn’t Five Thousand of That Be Exempt?—It’s From Government Bonds—My Boy Friend Mr. Weaver’s Bond“

“— And While We Were Out Looking at the Moon, the Finance Company Came and Took the Car”

"Seymour’s Draft Board Seems to Think He’s in An Unessential Occupation"

Dorothy Mckay

“He Resembles His Father—If Ah Remembers Right"

"This One Was Free Lance!"

Bringing Up Father’s Day Again and Again with Esqurie's Cartoonists

E. SIMMS CAMPBELL

"I Know She’s an Expense, but I Don’t Think You Can Claim Any Exemption"

"Don't Look Now of Course, George—But the Moon Is Simply Marvelous Tonight!"

"They Said They Were Developing Some Film"

ELDON DEDINI

"Once Around the Island"

“They’re Looking Up the Reply to Our Question”

"I Call Him National Geographic"

HOWARD BAER

"The Kid Had to Do Something—He Couldn't Raise a Beard"

“Was I Long Getting Ready, Dear?”

Ladies of Charity

IRVING ROIR

“Discouraging, Isn't It—I Always Thought American Marines Looked Like They Pictured Them in the Movies!”

September Vineyards

Going the Rounds with Esquire

JOHN GROTH

DINING IN/OUT WITH ESQUIRE

Dining In/Out with Esquire

The Last Irish Fighter

ROBERT J. LEE

“You Should Have Seen It Before I Shrunk It"

“Those Small Rugs Are Fun to Drive, But You Can’t Carry Anything in Them”

"Thank God, Back to Civilization Again!"

SYD HOFF

Spirits of 1933-1944

“This Is the Last Job You'll Get as An Extra in Hollywood!"

“I Feel It Is Only Fair to Warn You, Miss Cosgrove, That the Natives Occasionally Sacrifice a Virgin in These Parts.”

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