A rare photo of Marilyn Monroe at her school graduation is to go on sale.
Amid a sea of fresh faces, the then innocent 15-year-old can be seen
in the panoramic shot of the whole class year at Ralph Waldo Emerson
Junior High School in Los Angeles. A copy of the school photo of Marilyn Monroe (centre), known then as Norma Jean Dougherty.
Monroe was then known as plain Norma Jeane Baker in the summer of
1941 but within a few years would become a model, actress and global sex
symbol. Marilyn Monroe pictured in the school photo (6th row from top, 11th left).
The photograph, which measures 8 x 24 inches, is expected to sell for
up to £1,500 when it goes under the hammer at the auction in Stockport,
Cheshire, next week. Auctioneer Paul Fairweather holds a copy of the image.
