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Rare Early Marilyn Monroe Photos



If you'd like to remember Marilyn Monroe not as the bodacious bombshell but as the innocent girl-next-door, then you'll appreciate these rare photos taken by Richard C. Miller. Seven images of a young Marilyn, then known as Norma Jeane, are going up for auction.



In March and April 1946, Miller photographed Norma Jeane in various locations, capturing the all-American girl on the… Continue

Added by alice on July 22, 2011 at 9:30am — 2 Comments

Archive of the Planet (11 photos)

Albert Kahn put together a wonderful collection of photos featuring societies, environments and lifestyles in the early 1900s. From 1909 to 1931, he commissioned photographers and film cameramen to record life in over 50 countries. The images are held in the Archive of the Planet, a collection of 180,000 meters of black-and-white film and more than 72,000 autochrome… Continue

Added by Kevin Chung on November 15, 2010 at 9:00pm — 3 Comments

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