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.
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.
