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1953. Marilyn Monroe with Look magazine photographer John Vachon in Alberta, Canada, after she hurt her ankle filming River of No Return. View full size.
... on her leg?
[See this photo. -tterrace]
As it is often said when a picture of the darling Marilyn is posted ... She never took a bad picture ...
The lovely smile, beautiful hair and a natural body shape that still makes men drool 51 years after her death.
Poor John Vachon. Travel up to a beautiful part of Canada, hang around and photograph some young actress named Marilyn Monroe. Nice work if you can get it. I would have taken this gig, but was only 1 year old at the time. Where's a time machine when you need it?
For Alberta hospitals c. 1953? Dreary. But the hospital "gown" is aesthetically quite OK.
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