Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress. Hamlin's "musical extravaganza," "The Wizard of Oz,"ġ903. Lithograph Company, "The Tin Man," poster for Fred Motion Picture,īroadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress.Ĭ. Credit: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, "Publicity still showing main charactersįrom 1939 version of 'The Wizard of Oz' ," 1939. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress.ī. Credit: Carqueville Litho Company, "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz", 1900. Visit the site and explore the wonders of Oz.Ī. The Wizard of Oz was published in 1900 when its author, L. In celebration of the Wizard's 100th anniversary, the Library of Congress has created an online exhibition, The Wizard of Oz: An American Fairy Tale. The Wizard of Oz is a distinctly American fairy tale and, a century after it was first published, one of the longest-running mass media sensations. Of Depression-era audiences as well as the subsequent generations that Which quickly became a Hollywood sensation, capturing the imagination Movie screen and in 1939 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer released its film version, It was a hit and moved on to New York in 1903 to become one of The Oz books were so well loved that Baum's publishers continued By the time he died in 1919, Baum had writtenġ3 other books set in Oz, including the Ozma of Oz and TheĮmerald City of Oz, as well as many other books for children andįor adults. The Wizard of Oz is a distinctly American fairy tale and, a century after it was first published, one of the longest-running mass media sensations. It started with one book in 1900 and grew into a series of 40 books, stage shows, several movies, and related novelties.
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