Rosie the Riveter: Marilyn Monroe’s wartime work in Van Nuys
Marilyn Monroe working at a wartime factory, Van Nuys, CA, 1944
Old and new photographs that can sometimes be odd or surreal but are always unique with an interesting backstory.
Marilyn Monroe working at a wartime factory, Van Nuys, CA, 1944
Date-of-birth: C.E.1856 Date-of-death: 29th of October, C.E.1938 (H.E.11,938); aged 82
I was trying to get a shot of the full moon in July this year. The light coming from the top of the picture is the full moon, the rest are street lights and business lighting. This was accidently taken and not noticed until the next day when viewing my photos.
Tsar Nicholas II lighting a smoke for Anastasia in 1916.
Metallica’s Cliff Burton backstage at Donington in 1985 and Cliff’s dad, Ray in the 2000s.
Frank Sinatra Jr photographed after being released by his kidnappers in 1963. The three kidnappers had originally planned to abduct Bob Hope’s son, but they decided that was “too un-American”…
In October 1974, a plumber in Alhambra, California, named Rosendo Cruz, purchased a brand new Ferrari Dino 246 GTS as a gift for his wife. Just two months after purchasing the car, though, it would disappear. His wife had only driven the car for 500 miles. Learn more about this strange story: https://www.historydefined.net/rosendo-cruzs-ferrari/
Fidel Castro shares a laugh with Malcolm X at the Hotel Theresa in New York, October 19, 1960.
A 28 yr old Roald Dahl and a 45 yr old Ernest Hemingway in London, 1944.