A Model Girl: Norma Jeane

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.

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At the factory

Norma Jeane's first cover

Norma Jeane's first magazine cover is the January 1946 issue of Douglas Airview. Source for this image: Marilyn Monroe unCovers. See the Cover Girl page for full citation.

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Peggy L. Wilkins / mozart@uchicago.edu