The House of Checklists is provided as an information resource for
non-sports card collectors. The lists are not an offer to sell or
to buy. Please click on the image above to visit the main page.

George Petty: The Petty Girl
   21st Century Archives - 1994

Notes: Also produced in a boxed factory set, of 50 cards plus one Rigid Tool card. 
Card text is authored by Reid Stewart Austin. Thanks much to Richard Lewandowski 
and dead74 for updates!

Box: 36 packs of 8 cards.
Common sets: approx. 5.72 per box if collation were perfect.

No.  Text / Title                                        Publication

 1   "I'm playing Easter Bunny for the kiddies, but no   Esquire - May 1939
 2   "Darling, what - kachoo - difference does age - k   Esquire - Autumn 1933
 3   "A dry Martini and a package of pins!"              Esquire - Aug. 1935
 4   "Oh, you would - would you!"                        Esquire - April 1935
 5   "Sure C-A-L-L me back in T-E-N M-I-N-U-T-E-S"       Esquire - Sept. 1938
 6   (Daughter Marjorie)                                 Saturday Home Magazine - 1935
 7   "Thanks for the hospitality, Mr. Grover, but I do   Esquire - April 1936
 8   "He was calling from California - now will you st   Esquire - Oct. 1936
 9   "I've been frightfully restless all day dear - br   Esquire - Mar. 1936
10   Petty's biggest account came in 1932 with Atlas/P   Fashions of the Hour - 1927
11   "To 1937"                                           Saturday Home Magazine - Dec. 1936
12   "Come in - who is it?"                              Esquire - Sept. 1936
13   "But I can't see you tomorrow, darling, I'm getti   Esquire - May 1936
14   "They're very glamorous, Colonel, but where are t   Esquire - Feb. 1937
15   "A banker" - Well, bring him up - I've always wan   Esquire - Oct. 1937
16   "Are you all right, Mr. Jackson? If you are, I've   Esquire - Aug. 1938
17   "I want to report this phone out of order - I hav   Esquire - July 1938
18   "Why, Mr. Hutton! You're painting with the wrong    Esquire - Nov. 1938
19   "You might as well turn the page - I'm not turnin   Esquire - Feb. 1938
20   "I forgot to buy him a present and I had to show    Esquire - Jan. 1938
21   "It all came about through a combination of thing   Esquire - Dec. 1938
22   "I just told the electric company where to head i   Esquire - Oct. 1938
23   "All I know, Mother, he must be nuts - he keeps s   Esquire - June 1939
24   "He got married while I was out of town, but we'v   Esquire - Sept. 1939
25   "I'm returning your fraternity pin and the perfum   Esquire - Oct. 1939
26   "An advertising agency wants to know if we're lis   Esquire - Mar. 1939
27   "Well-l-l - evidently what I gave him last Christ   Esquire - Dec. 1939
28   "Talk about ingratitude! - he never says a word a   Esquire - Feb. 1939
29   "I still say it's her better half"                  Esquire - Aug. 1939
30   "Please, harry, can't you understand? I'm married   True - Jan. 1945
31   Miss Athlete                                        True - Feb. 1945
32   Miss Elusive                                        True - Oct. 1945
33   "There's something wrong with this phone... a man   True - Sept. 1946
34   "I don't aim to die with my boots on, bub"          True - Oct. 1946
35   Miss Spring Fever                                   True - May 1946
36   Miss Girl of Tomorrow                               True - April 1946
37   "Independence day - and night, that's my motto, J   True - July 1946
38   Miss Curvaceous Angler                              True - June 1946
39   A stocking model's smile is winning, But not as m   True - May 1947
40   "You don't have to worry darling. I've turned my    True - Jan. 1947
41   "This suit is modest, warm to wear. Tell me, men,   True - Nov. 1947
42   Painted in 1939 for Blue Jay Complasters, this un   True Calendar - Dec. 1947
43   A girl who knows just when to run, can stop the a   True - July 1947
44   Another salute to George's great love - hunting.    True - Oct. 1947
45   The Perils of Petty: George delivered this finish   Esquire Calendar - Nov. 1955
46   This image, as well as the images on May, June, a   Esquire Calendar - Jan. 1955
47   The 1955 calendars for May, June, and July did no   Esquire Calendar - May 1955
48   Petty went into semi-retirement after the Esquire   Esquire Calendar - June 1955
49   First reproduced here, this frenetic concept was    1965
50   In 1971, Petty was paid homage by Esquire in thei   Esquire - July 1955


CHASE CARDS

SculptorCast Cards (1:18 packs)

R1   No. 65R Jam Proof Self-Contained 1"-2" Threader     Ridgid Tool - Jan. 1952
R2   RIDGID No. 500 Pipe And Bolt Threading Machine      Ridgid Tool - Feb. 1952
R3   RIDGID Pipe And Vises                               Ridgid Tool - Mar. 1952
R4   Heavy-Duty Pipe Wrenches with Guaranteed Housing    Ridgid Tool - June 1952
R5   RIDGID Tristand Pipe Vises With Tray                Ridgid Tool - Nov. 1952

Old Gold Cards (Mail-In Offer)

LE1  In February 1935, Petty artwork for Old Gold ciga   Oct. 1936
LE2  Old Gold ads were seen regularly in Esquire and T   June 1938
LE3  Old Gold's purpose in using Petty was to lure the   Aug. 1938
LE4  In April of 1938, the second series exploiting Pe   June 1939
LE5  Old Gold also, inadvertently, started the whole E   June 1940


PROMO CARDS (unnumbered; marked "Prototype")

 --  (same image as card #25)
 --  "What's the idea handing me those roses one at a time?" [Roses at the Door]
 --  George Brown Petty was born in Chicago ...  [Long Red Gown; in packs of Varga 1]


Searchwords: jahoc, yr1994, mfr21stCentury, catPinups