In honor of Marilyn Monroe’s (would be) 84th birthday, I must submit this amazing piece. I have had it for about 10 years, and it is still in mint condition. Its date of origin is 1956 – On of the few Marilyn artifacts that exist as memorabilia that were made while she was still alive.
Draftsmen, Engineers, Writers of Specs,
Artists, Designers, Architects,
Men of Distinction, Printers too
All Draw on Marilyn TO MAKE THEIR CURVES COME TRUE
A NEW CONCEPT IN CURVES…
“Whether the angle’s acute,
Or the slope is so great
That you need a directional change
You will find what you want
on the back or the front
Of Marilyn’s beautiful frame”.
“Every curve of marilyn’s beautiful body represents a different directional change or angle. Aligns with straight edge. 4 point contact. Copyright 1956 NMMM
Happy Birthday Marilyn!!
sizing image – almost the actual size of a protractor
Original envelope the drawing aid comes in.
Facebook
Twitter
Press
Contact
Allee Willis
As I look at this I remember that I have one of these too. It was one of the very first things I found when I started thrift shopping. I have absolutely no idea where it is so it does my heart good to look at this now. It was actually a brilliant combination of product and celebrity, especially because they could give the product a new spin and it fit the celebrity so organically.
I’m just posted photos on Facebook of me, cm squared and a bunch of our friends going to a Marilyn Monroe retrospective last night at the Hollywood Museum. This protractor is an excellent punctuation point to end our evening! For anyone on Facebook, check it out at http://www.facebook.com/alleewillis#!/photo.php?pid=4152257&id=561320908
Nessa
That is so amazing!!! I wish I would have had one of these in drafting class, ha ha.
brookeellen731
My husband had this forever and it broke in our move. Any for sale? Thanks so much.