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Marilyn at the Blue Book Modeling Agency

Norma Jeane Dougherty was a popular model at the Blue Book Modeling Agency from the mid- to late-1940s. These pictures show the young Norma Jeane right after photographer David Conover discovered her working in a wartime factory, the Radioplane Corporation, in June of 1945.

   marilyn canvas prints

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