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The hay day of the pin-up girl was the 1930’s through the 1950’s. Images, known as pin-ups, were also referred to as cheesecake or glamour girls. These pictures, of lovely young women, are classic in the sense that the women communicate a coyness and innocence of the times.

In the days before high-quality color photography, the only way that pin-ups could be depicted was through paintings. These pin ups are of the very wholesome, well scrubbed, ‘girl next door’ genre.

During World War Two, pin-ups accompanied G.I.s in their travels and adorned many barrack lockers. Images like the scantily clad women in the swimsuits, were also known as “nose art” in the Air Force. Similar depictions were often painted on the nose of the fighter planes going into combat during the war.