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A new exhibit celebrates Lawrence Schiller’s most unforgettable photographs—from Lee Harvey Oswald’s arrest to O.J.’s acquittal, RFK’s cat nap to Marilyn’s skinny dip. View a gallery.

Published Jan. 13 2009 8:17AM EST

galleries/2009/01/13/american-icons/schiller-american-icons-2_tpoahs — Lawrence Schiller © 2007, Polaris Communications, Inc.

galleries/2009/01/13/american-icons/schiller-american-icons-2_mgx9g8 — Marilyn Monroe and her acting coach Paula Strasberg in California, 1962.
Lawrence Schiller © 2007, Polaris Communications, Inc.

galleries/2009/01/13/american-icons/schiller-american-icons-1_tie5i0 — Marilyn Monroe on the set of her final film, the unfinished “Something's Got to Give," May 1962.
Lawrence Schiller © 2007, Polaris Communications, Inc.

galleries/2009/01/13/american-icons/schiller-american-icons-14_fy9psj — Joe DiMaggio and Joe DiMaggio Jr. at Marilyn Monroe’s funeral, August 8, 1962.
Lawrence Schiller © 2007, Polaris Communications, Inc.

galleries/2009/01/13/american-icons/schiller-american-icons-9_fz0sos — Bobby Kennedy, campaigning in 1968.
Lawrence Schiller © 2007, Polaris Communications, Inc.

galleries/2009/01/13/american-icons/schiller-american-icons-11_ap3zws — Bobby Kennedy, 1968.
Lawrence Schiller © 2007, Polaris Communications, Inc.

galleries/2009/01/13/american-icons/schiller-american-icons-6_zmzyxj — Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, 1967.
Lawrence Schiller © 2007, Polaris Communications, Inc.

galleries/2009/01/13/american-icons/schiller-american-icons-3_bplwnt — Robert Redford and Paul Newman on the set of "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," Mexico, 1968.
Lawrence Schiller © 2007, Polaris Communications, Inc.

galleries/2009/01/13/american-icons/schiller-american-icons-7_txxy5a — Barbra Streisand, London, 1968.
Lawrence Schiller © 2007, Polaris Communications, Inc.

galleries/2009/01/13/american-icons/schiller-american-icons-8_wnggb7 — Barbra Streisand from the film “On a Clear Day You Can See Forever."
Lawrence Schiller © 2007, Polaris Communications, Inc.

galleries/2009/01/13/american-icons/schiller-american-icons-13_ssvtnh — Muhammad Ali defeats Floyd Patterson in Las Vegas, November 1965.
Lawrence Schiller © 2007, Polaris Communications, Inc.

galleries/2009/01/13/american-icons/schiller-american-icons-5_zhvgxf — Richard Nixon campaigns for governor in California, 1962. He lost.
Lawrence Schiller © 2007, Polaris Communications, Inc.

galleries/2009/01/13/american-icons/schiller-american-icons-10_kxiqoe — United States Marines, Coronado, California, 1963.
Lawrence Schiller © 2007, Polaris Communications, Inc.

galleries/2009/01/13/american-icons/schiller-american-icons-16_b49wjq — Lee Harvey Oswald, following his arrest, at a Dallas police station, November 22, 1963.
Lawrence Schiller © 2007, Polaris Communications, Inc.

galleries/2009/01/13/american-icons/schiller-american-icons-17_arrv09 — Oswald’s gun at a Dallas police station, November 23, 1963.
Lawrence Schiller © 2007, Polaris Communications, Inc.

galleries/2009/01/13/american-icons/schiller-american-icons-12_s36wpz — The Jackson Five, Los Angeles, 1969.
Lawrence Schiller © 2007, Polaris Communications, Inc.

galleries/2009/01/13/american-icons/schiller-american-icons-20_xgboc0 — Paula Prentiss and Elliott Gould for Playboy, 1970.
Lawrence Schiller © 2007, Polaris Communications, Inc.

galleries/2009/01/13/american-icons/schiller-american-icons-4_hwn8lv — Tuesday Weld for LIFE magazine, Los Angeles, 1963.
Lawrence Schiller © 2007, Polaris Communications, Inc.

galleries/2009/01/13/american-icons/schiller-american-icons-19_eyz38f — OJ Simpson runs past UCLA, 1967.
Lawrence Schiller © 2007, Polaris Communications, Inc.

galleries/2009/01/13/american-icons/schiller-american-icons-21_asi8nb — OJ Simpson, shortly after his acquittal, watching the Los Angeles DA claim that OJ was a murderer, 1995.
Lawrence Schiller © 2007, Polaris Communications, Inc.

galleries/2009/01/13/american-icons/schiller-american-icons-15_j8kgmk — Photographer Lawrence Schiller with model Joan Staley, for Playboy, July 1958.
Lawrence Schiller © 2007, Polaris Communications, Inc.

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