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Rare photos of a young and then still-unknown Marilyn Monroe hiking in the woods, 1950

Travel, Vintage Wonders May 26, 2025

Life Magazine photographer Ed Clark took these pictures in 1950 after receiving a call from a friend at 20th Century Fox on a “hot tomato” the studio had lately signed. His images of Marilyn provide an unusual window into the early years of the career of an ultimate pop-culture icon when a young actress had no idea what the next…