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Exceptionally early original vintage matte-finish 10.25 x 13.25 portrait photo of young model Norma Jeane Dougherty, roughly a decade before becoming Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe, posing with a shampoo bottle for Frank & Joseph's Beauty Salon. The lower right corner bears a blindstamp for H. Maier Studios of Los Angeles, California. In fine condition, with several creases in the dark background area. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from PSA/DNA, certifying it as an authentic "Type I" photograph from the circa 1940s.
In December 1945, model Norma Jeane was chosen by the Blue Book agency to pose for a shampoo advertisement sponsored by Frank & Joseph's Beauty Salon. When the young model arrived, photographer Raphael Wolff agreed to the shoot on the condition that her hair be bleached golden blonde. Though hesitant, Norma Jeane was persuaded by her agent, Emmeline Snively, who said that ‘going blonde’ would boost her career. At Frank and Joseph’s salon on Wilshire Boulevard, hairstylist Sylvia Barnhart gradually transformed the model’s ‘brown and frizzy’ hair to an ash blonde color over a span of eight months in 1946.
The Marc and Mary Perkins Collection.
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