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Hitherto unpublished photographs of Norma Jean Dougherty, taken in 1945. They were never associated with her stage persona, Marilyn Monroe, until a chance merging in 1987. With the photographs is a lengthy report by photographer Carroll on how Norma Jean was found, a day at the beach in California and reason for the resulting pictures. This was her first commercial photo shoot for which she was paid $20.