"Aunt Marlene brought me some other toys, too. Here's another of my favorites. It's the lid from a steel candy box that must have been made some time around 1947.
"Can you guess who the toothsome confection portrayed on the box is? Look closely. Imagine her with much lighter hair. Yup, that's right! It's Marilyn Monroe in one of her earliest cheesecake poses! This picture must date back to when she was 20 years old, working as a model from the Blue Block Modeling Agency. Her name was Norma Jean Dougherty back then.
"I think the swimsuit she's wearing will be perfect for my toreador. It's from just the right time period to go with her primary outfit and with all those strings with their tempting bowknots it has enough sex appeal that a girl could turn a few heads even today in Luna City.