13 Rare Photos of Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe has to be one of the most idolized women in American History, as the 50th year anniversary of her death approaches LIFE released these “rare early photos of the superstar in training,” taken by J.R. Eyerman. Currently the Steven Kasher Gallery in Manhattan is exhibiting photos of the starlet mostly taken during the last year of her life (and the year after she was in a padded room in Manhattan), taken by Lawrence Schiller. The photographer took some of the more iconic photos of the starlet, but the images on display are his rare outtakes which have never before been seen. Check out Schiller’s exhibit—titled “Marilyn And Me“—between now and June 30th.

source: Gothamist