remember when

On this day: Photographer snaps famous Marilyn Monroe "Flying Skirt" photo

Thursday, September 15, 2016

Marilyn Monroe poses over the updraft of New York subway grating while in character for the filming of "The Seven Year Itch" in Manhattan on September 15, 1954.

Marilyn Monroe poses in a bathing suit in 1947 at age 21 at the start of her career. (AP Photo)

Actress Marilyn Monroe tries on a new costume for her latest film "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes," as designer Billy Travilla studies the effect, in Hollywood, Feb. 2, 1953. Travilla cr

Tousled after all-night plane ride from Hollywood, actress Marilyn Monroe smiles in a car at Idlewild Airport, N.Y., June 2, -year unknown-

Marilyn Monroe, in evening robe, with baseball star Joe DiMaggio

Marilyn Monroe is pictured here in her childhood days, in 1928. (AP Photo)

Marilyn Monroe plays a saloon entertainer in this scene from the 1954 film "River of No Return." (AP Photo)

Director Billy Wilder whispers the words of advice to Marilyn Monroe, right, prior to shooting the scene from the film "Some Like it Hot".

Actress Marilyn Monroe is shown on the set of her last movie, "Something's Got To Give," in Hollywood, Ca., in April 1962. (AP Photo)

Playwright Arthur Miller and actress wife Marilyn Monroe wait in car to leave their residence in New York City on May 31, 1957.

Marilyn Monroe with photographer Milton H. Greene, in his studio in New York, N.Y., Jan. 27, 1955. The couple became friends when he was photographing her for a magazine. (AP Photo

Marilyn Monroe is shown in this undated publicity photo. (AP Photo)

Actress Marilyn Monroe, film star turned business executive, checks her lines - all curves - in a mirror at the photographic studio of her business partner, Milton Greene

Marilyn Monroe poses for publicity stills with Tom Ewell, stars of "The Seven Year Itch," in Hollywood November 7, 1954. (AP Photo)

Screen star Marilyn Monroe leaves Columbia-Presbyterian medical center in New York on March 5, 1961 after a long rest and checkup.

Joe Dimaggio, baseball's famed "Yankee Clipper" and Marilyn Monroe, smile cheek to cheek as they wait patiently in Judge Charles Perry's chambers for their marriage ceremony

A bouquet of fresh flowers adorns the crypt of movie star Marilyn Monroe, heavily smudged from the hands of thousands of visitors, at Westwood Cemetery in Los Angeles

1 of 17

On this day: Photographer snaps famous Marilyn Monroe "Flying Skirt" photoMarilyn Monroe poses over the updraft of New York subway grating while in character for the filming of "The Seven Year Itch" in Manhattan on September 15, 1954.

There are hundreds of photos of Marilyn Monroe, one of Hollywood's most iconic stars, but the most famous photo of all was shot on September 15, 1954 by photographer Sam Shaw on the set of "Seven Year Itch."

Sam Shaw shot the famous "flying skirt" image as his friend Marilyn Monroe was filming a scene on Lexington Avenue at 52nd Street. A passing subway blew Monroe's skirt up as she said, "Isn't it delicious."

The movie "Seven Year Itch" was directed by Billy Wilder. The romantic comedy's popularity has been long-since eclipsed by the world famous photo.