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Fred R. Hamlin’s musical extravaganza The Wizard of Oz, 1903

Fred R. Hamlin’s musical extravaganza The Wizard of Oz, 1903, 1903 — historic image
Fred R. Hamlin’s musical extravaganza The Wizard of Oz, 1903, 1903. Historic image from the Chapter 11 — The Archetypes collection.

Fred R. Hamlin’s musical extravaganza The Wizard of Oz, 1903

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Created / published1903
NotesFred R. Hamlin’s musical extravaganza The Wizard of Oz, 1903. The Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, Dorothy and a rank of chorus girls — and no witch anywhere, because the director Julian Mitchell had cut the Wicked Witch of the West out of the show. Source: Fred R. Hamlin’s musical extravaganza, The Wizard of Oz. Cincinnati and New York: The U.S. Lithograph Co., Russell-Morgan Print, ca. 1903. Color lithograph poster. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress. No known restrictions on publication.
SubjectsFigure 11.2 in Hollywood Halloween Horrors
SourceLibrary of Congress
ReferenceFig 11.2 F1102a Wizard_of_Oz_Hamlin_1903

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