Dorothy's Ruby Slippers
- 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
- 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
- 1939
- ID Number
- 1979.1230.01
- accession number
- 1979.1230
- catalog number
- 1979.1230.01
- Garland, Judy
- designer
- Adrian
- Adrian
- 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
- subject
- Wizard of Oz
- Motion Pictures
- Place Made
- United States: California, Los Angeles
- 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
- National Museum of American History
- Object Name
- shoes, pair of
- Object Type
- Shoes
