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A Marilyn Monroe signed invoice to photographer Paul Parry from her early modeling days
10 December 2019, 14:00 PST
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A Marilyn Monroe signed invoice to photographer Paul Parry from her early modeling days
Model's paper invoice signed ("Norma Jeane Dougherty") at bottom, dated April 25, 1946, indicating that photographer Paul Parry is to be billed $15.00 for Norma Jeane's modeling work on a job for Buffums' department store. In late 1945, Monroe signed a contract with Emmeline Snively's Blue Book Modeling Agency and by early 1946 was also posing for pinup painter Earl Moran; this April 1946 invoice with Paul Parry indicates it was one of her earliest modeling jobs. She quickly became one of Blue Book's most requested models because of her fresh-faced naturalness in front of the camera.
3.25 x 5 in.
3.25 x 5 in.


















