Dorothy's Ruby Slippers

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

overall: 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

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

Usage of Metadata (Object Detail Text)

CC0

GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-d41e-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa