When LIFE Magazine Received Pics Of Still-Unknown Marilyn Monroe, They Replied “WTH Is Marilyn Monroe”

In 1950, Life Magazine photographer Ed Clark took photos of a young, then-unknown Marilyn Monroe. A friend at 20th Century Fox had tipped him off about the studio’s new hire, so he decided to capture her in a few shots.

“I sent several rolls to LIFE in New York, but they wired back, ‘Who the hell is Marilyn Monroe?’” Ed Clark recalled.

At the time, no one could have guessed just how iconic Marilyn would become.

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