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first looks
August 30, 2012

First Look: Marilyn Monroe in Bed and Sticking Her Tongue Out, in Marilyn

By Ally Betker

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Photo: Milton Greene

To mark the 50th anniversary of Marilyn Monroe’s death, Florence’s Museo Salvatore Ferragamo is releasing a book full of iconic and never-before-seen images of the star, to accompany an exhibit in her honor. Monroe was a loyal Ferragamo customer— she owned dozens of pairs of the designer’s shoes and is credited with making his four-inch-heel pumps famous.

Monroe’s footwear and 50 of her outfits are on display at the museum, but the book chronicles her day-to-day life. Click ahead to see her at age 3, with husbands Joe DiMaggio and Arthur Miller, at various photo shoots, and holding her dog Maf Honey before the book, edited by Stefania Ricci and Sergio Risaliti, hits shelves September 25.

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1929 Norma Jean Mortenson (Marilyn's real name) at age 3 at the beach with her mother Gladys Baker. Photo: Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images
July 1945 Marilyn photographed in Castle Rock State Park, California. Photo: William Carroll
1949 Photographed by André de Dienes on Tobey Beach. Photo: André de Dienes
1949 Photographed by André de Dienes on Tobey Beach. Photo: André de Dienes
1952 Reading in her bedroom apartment. Photo: Philippe Halsman/Magnum Photos
1953 In the Hollywood villa of producer Joseph Schenck. Photo: Milton Greene
March 1955 At Costello's restaurant in New York. Photo: Ed Feingersh/KPA
June 2, 1956 Picture taken by Milton Greene emphasizing the perfect harmony of Marilyn's body. Photo: Milton Greene
June 29, 1956 Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller in their summer home in Roxbury, Connecticut. Photo: Sam Shaw
1956 Portrait. Photo: Elliott Erwitt/Magnum Photos
1959 On the set of Some Like It Hot, directed by Billy Wilder. Photo: Zinn Arthur / The Image Works
1960 With Arthur Miller while The Misfits was being shot. Photo: Inge Morath/Magnum Photos
April 1961 With Joe DiMaggio at Yankee Stadium as they wait for the game to start. Photo: Lee Lockwood
1961 With her dog Maf Honey at the Beverly Hills Hotel. Photo: Eric Skipsey/mptvimages
1961 Photo shoot for Look magazine by Douglas Kirkland. Photo: Corbis
1962 In a photo shoot by Allan Grant. Photo: AccuSoft Inc.
Undated Milton and Amy Greene's son takes a picture of Marilyn. Photo: Milton Greene
June 1, 1962 Celebrating her birthday on the set of Something's Gotta Give. She was fired the following day. Photo: Lawrence Schiller
1962 Photographed by Bert Stern. Photo: Bert Stern
1962 On the seashore by George Barris as Botticelli's Venus. Photo: George Barris
January 1962  Photo: Interfoto/Alinari Archives
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