Marilyn Monroe, New York Arthritis and Rheumatism Foundation Benefit, March 30, 1955, 8.5" x 6.75" Original United Press Asso...

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Marilyn Monroe, New York Arthritis and Rheumatism Foundation Benefit, March 30, 1955, 8.5" x 6.75" Original United Press Associations Photograph by Paul Schutzer for LIFE. PSA/DNA Type 1. Vintage gelatin silver glossy 8.5" x 6.75" press photograph of Marilyn Monroe at the Arthritis and Rheumatism Foundation benefit staged with the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus at Madison Square Garden, New York, March 30, 1955, by Paul Schutzer for United Press Associations, distributed to LIFE magazine, with United Press Associations, wet stamp and paper caption remnant, Dell Publishing Co. and LIFE STORY wet stamps on the verso. Monroe is seen pointing to the calendar date when she would make her spectacular entrance riding a pink elephant into the Garden for the benefit, one of the most colorful episodes of her New York years.

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