Rarelyn Monroe

June 1949 // “For Marilyn’s little feet only”

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Stephanie Marie Thrasher
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\”The Rockford city water department had torn up the street in front of the theater, but when it learned of Miss Monroe\’s imminent arrival, workers hastily threw up a pontoon bridge (must be some ex-Seabees among \’em!) across the Impassable, pavement gaps and labeled it: \”For Marilyn\’s little feet, only!\” Toll charge to Marilyn was the autographs of the water workers\’ shovels. Yesterday, catching her breath at the Pump room, she reflected, \”They had a bigger opening in the street outside than we had Inside\”

-Chicago Tribune 6/20/49

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The State Theater in Rockford, IL 1949. The sidewalk appears to be under construction so this may have been taken around the time Marilyn visited!

[Photo credit:Rockford Rocked on Facebook.]

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Backside of State Theatre 1946

[Photo credit: Bob Anderson via the RockfordReminisce.com Facebook page.]

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The same location today: 105 West State Street