During filming of "The Seven Year Itch" in 1954, over 1,500 New Yorkers swarmed 51st Street to watch Marilyn Monroe's dress fly up. The crowd chanted "Higher! Higher!" as they gawked, enraging Monroe's husband Joe DiMaggio. He beat her so badly that night that she filed for divorce three weeks later

A black-and-white photograph captures a lively street scene outside Wright's Footwear, with a woman in a white dress and hat standing on a platform, surrounded by a crowd of onlookers and a man in a suit, 1950s era.

A black-and-white photograph captures a lively street scene outside Wright's...

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