Object Details
- Garland, Judy
- designer
- Adrian
- Adrian
- Description
- Sixteen-year-old Judy Garland wore these sequined shoes as Dorothy Gale in the 1939 film classic The Wizard of Oz. In the original book by L. Frank Baum, Dorothy's magic slippers are silver; for the Technicolor movie, they were changed to ruby red to show up more vividly against the yellow-brick road. One of several pairs used during filming, these size-five shoes are well-worn, suggesting they were Garland's primary pair for dance sequences.
- Credit Line
- Merle Banta, Fred Carr, and Stephen Hinchliffe
- 1939
- ID Number
- 1979.1230.01
- accession number
- 1979.1230
- catalog number
- 1979.1230.01
- Object Name
- shoes, pair of
- Object Type
- Shoes
- Physical Description
- plastic (overall material)
- fabric (overall material)
- fiber, synthetic (overall material)
- adhesive (overall material)
- fabric, felt (overall material)
- Measurements
- one shoe: 5 in x 3 in x 9 1/2 in; 12.7 cm x 7.62 cm x 24.13 cm
- Place Made
- United States: California, Los Angeles
- Related Publication
- Kendrick, Kathleen M. and Peter C. Liebhold. Smithsonian Treasures of American History
- National Museum of American History. Treasures of American History online exhibition
- Related Web Publication
- http://americanhistory.si.edu/treasures
- See more items in
- Cultural and Community Life: Entertainment
- National Treasures exhibit
- Popular Entertainment
- Exhibition
- Ruby Slippers Gallery
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- National Museum of American History
- subject
- Wizard of Oz
- Motion Pictures
- Record ID
- nmah_670130
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-d41e-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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