Incredibly scarce vintage 24 x 8 panoramic photo of the graduating Class of Summer 1941 Ralph Waldo Emerson Junior High School in Los Angeles, with a radiant Norma Jeane Baker (later Marilyn Monroe) identifiable to the right of center, signed on the reverse in black ink, "To a really cute girl, Norma Jeane Baker, 5' 41," with recipient adding a red ink circle around signature. In very good condition, with heavy vertical creases and edge tears all repaired with old tape on the signed side; the tape covers most of Monroe's last name, but doesn't affect readability whatsoever. While unsigned versions of this photo appear from time-to-time, signed examples are extremely uncommon, and represent one of the earliest examples of the future starlet's signature.
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