Feel with Your Eyes

January 14, 1954 the couple said “I do” in a judge’s chambers at San Francisco City Hall. The Ceremony: A blind date at Hollywood’s Villa Nova Restaurant eventually led to the couple’s date with destiny, and over one hundred paparazzi lurked outside the chambers of Judge Charles Peery on that January afternoon, waiting to capture the first images of the sex symbol and “Joltin’ Joe” as husband and wife. Only six witnesses, including the groom’s brother, were present at the nuptials.
Joltin’ Joe Di Maggio wedded the girl of his and many other men’s dreams yesterday afternoon in the San Francisco City Hall. Marilyn Monroe, who packs no mean jolt herself, said she was very happy. Di Maggio said he was also very happy. Also happy was the battery of columnists which has spent no little time in the past two years running down rumors that the two were already secretly married, were to be married, or were not speaking to each other. The time and place of the wedding was kept a closely guarded secret and only about 500 people managed to hear about it in time to turn the corridors outside Municipal Judge Charles S. Perry’s court into a madhouse. Judge Perry’s chambers were jammed with reporters and photographers when the couple arrived shortly after 1 P.M. They posed willingly for pictures and politely answered questions. “Are you excited, Marilyn?” “Oh, you KNOW it’s more than that,” she answered, giggling. “How many children are you going to have, Joe?” “We’ll have at least one. I’LL guarantee that,” said the slugger. When they came in Marilyn looked svelte in a dark brown broadcloth suit with an ermine collar, and Joe looked neat in a blue suit and a blue and white checked tie. By the time they finished kissing each other exhaustively for the photographers’ benefit, Marilyn’s blonde hair was in disarray, and most of her lipstick had been transferred to the ballplayer’s face.
- Joe Di Maggio Weds Marilyn Monroe at City Hall by Art Hoppe

January 14, 1954 the couple said “I do” in a judge’s chambers at San Francisco City Hall. The Ceremony: A blind date at Hollywood’s Villa Nova Restaurant eventually led to the couple’s date with destiny, and over one hundred paparazzi lurked outside the chambers of Judge Charles Peery on that January afternoon, waiting to capture the first images of the sex symbol and “Joltin’ Joe” as husband and wife. Only six witnesses, including the groom’s brother, were present at the nuptials.

Joltin’ Joe Di Maggio wedded the girl of his and many other men’s dreams yesterday afternoon in the San Francisco City Hall. Marilyn Monroe, who packs no mean jolt herself, said she was very happy. Di Maggio said he was also very happy. Also happy was the battery of columnists which has spent no little time in the past two years running down rumors that the two were already secretly married, were to be married, or were not speaking to each other. The time and place of the wedding was kept a closely guarded secret and only about 500 people managed to hear about it in time to turn the corridors outside Municipal Judge Charles S. Perry’s court into a madhouse. Judge Perry’s chambers were jammed with reporters and photographers when the couple arrived shortly after 1 P.M. They posed willingly for pictures and politely answered questions. “Are you excited, Marilyn?” “Oh, you KNOW it’s more than that,” she answered, giggling. “How many children are you going to have, Joe?” “We’ll have at least one. I’LL guarantee that,” said the slugger. When they came in Marilyn looked svelte in a dark brown broadcloth suit with an ermine collar, and Joe looked neat in a blue suit and a blue and white checked tie. By the time they finished kissing each other exhaustively for the photographers’ benefit, Marilyn’s blonde hair was in disarray, and most of her lipstick had been transferred to the ballplayer’s face.

- Joe Di Maggio Weds Marilyn Monroe at City Hall by Art Hoppe

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