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Two vintage 4.75 x 10 Brown & Bigelow promotional calendars featuring artistic portraits of Marilyn Monroe in alluring poses by glamour artist and pinup photographer Earl Moran, issued for July 1948 and August 1948, with one depicting wearing an open red top and holding a pair of roller skates in front of a “Bus Stop” sign, and the other shows Monroe kneeling nude in a basket, her only form attire in the form of a large bow tied across her hip. Both calendars were used by the Boston-based company Essex Shoe Supply Co., Inc. In overall very good to fine condition, with creasing and edgewear.
Earl Moran, one of the great pinup artists of all time, hired Norma Jeane from the Blue Book Agency to model for him, paying her $10 an hour. Over the next three years, Moran would continue to hire Monroe, providing a fairly steady source of income for her during those erratic, early years. Monroe was once quoted as saying, ‘Earl saved my life many a time.’
