Author: Stephanie Marie Thrasher
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Marilyn’s Costumes // Travilla : The Red Dress
The sparkly red “Little Girl From Little Rock” dresses. Ruby jewel tones against an amethyst background in electric technicolor!
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Marilyn’s Maternal ancestry // Monroe (Munro) of Scotland
“…Say, did you know that my real grandfather was related to President Monroe?” “Gee, really?” exclaims Berniece. “No, I didn’t. Hey, that means I am, too! He’s my grandfather, too!” “Right! That’s what Grace said Mother told her.” “I guess that ought to hold me for a while, finding out I’m related to a president!”…
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August 1953 // Jasper Train Station, Alberta CA during the filming of River of No Return.
View fullsize View fullsize August 1953 // Jasper Train Station, Alberta CA during the filming of River of No Return.Marilyn & Robert MitchumNote: She is on crutches because she twisted her ankle while filming the river scene. Sources \”Marilyn Monroe and Robert Mitchum in the train station, Jasper, Alberta.\”, 1953-08, (CU1112330) by Calgary Herald. Courtesy…
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Marilyn arriving AT MIDWAY AIRPORT in chicago // march 1959
Source Marilyn Monroe Video Archives @marilynmonroevideoarchives “Very Rare Colour footage Of Marilyn Monroe – \”Some Like It Hot\” Promotion Tour 1959 Chicago” Aug 14, 2018.2:01, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxP1cVtSqSo Scanned by Video Conversion Experts http://www.videoconversionexperts.com
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1941 // Home Movies with the Howell Family
Sources Marilyn Monroe Video Archives @marilynmonroevideoarchives “Norma Jeane On The Beach As A Teenager 1941- The Howell Family Remembers Marilyn Monroe” Dec 10, 2015.2:40, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIQBGVjTRkk
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February 25th, 1940 // Green Valley Lake
Sunday February 25th, 1940 // Norma Jeane, Bill Heison, Bob Stotts, and Betty Duggen at Green Valley Lake.On the way home, a large rock hurdled down the mountainside and hit the hood of their car
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July 9th, 1949 // Wrigley Field
Location: Wrigley Field Address: 1060 W Addison St, Chicago, IL 60613 Marilyn Connection: Marilyn was in Chicago, IL. for the 1949 Movie Star World Series – which took place at Wrigley Field on Saturday July 9th. Some other stars in attendance according to newspaper articles: Jane Russell, Peter Lawford, Joan Crawford, and Rosalind Russell. …
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Sep 10th 1952 // THE TIMES TRIBUNE
Scranton, Pennsylvania HOLLYWOOD BY HAROLD HEFFERNAN MARILYN MONROE “SKYROCKETS TO STARDOM” TRANSCRIPT: HOLLYWOOD—Behind movie headlines: What about this Marilyn Monroe? How did this attractive blonde actress who had been skirting the fringes of picture-making for nearly six years suddenly zoom into giddy prominence? Fans all over the country are asking this question and here in…
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July 1949 // The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Building | milwaukee, wi
Location: The Milwaukee Journal’s Photo Studios Address: 333 W State St, Milwaukee, WI 53203 (Now an apartment building called Journal Commons) “‘I don\’t remember any conversation. But, boy, any time I was ready to shoot, she was ready to be shot,’ recalled Ahlhauser of the day he met Marilyn Monroe.” [Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel…