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Promotional poster for the stage production The Wizard of Oz ["The Greatest Song Hit in The Wizard of Oz"'] featuring The Cowardly Lion, advertising the sheet music for "When the Circus Comes to Town" as free Sunday insert in the newspaper New York American and Journal

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Title
Promotional poster for the stage production The Wizard of Oz ["The Greatest Song Hit in The Wizard of Oz"'] featuring The Cowardly Lion, advertising the sheet music for "When the Circus Comes to Town" as free Sunday insert in the newspaper New York American and Journal
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Billy Rose Theatre Division posters

The Wizard of Oz

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1903
Library locations
Billy Rose Theatre Division
Shelf locator: MWEZ+++ n.c. 5258A [Drawer 011]
Genres
Posters
Type of Resource
Still image
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
Photo Order: 60121
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 04b5b690-9fe3-0136-82b2-2579a41b10fe
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1903: Issued
  • 2018: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library. "Promotional poster for the stage production The Wizard of Oz ["The Greatest Song Hit in The Wizard of Oz"'] featuring The Cowardly Lion, advertising the sheet music for "When the Circus Comes to Town" as free Sunday insert in the newspaper New York American and Journal" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1903. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/05871f60-9fe3-0136-cb79-45f96646cff5

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Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library. "Promotional poster for the stage production The Wizard of Oz ["The Greatest Song Hit in The Wizard of Oz"'] featuring The Cowardly Lion, advertising the sheet music for "When the Circus Comes to Town" as free Sunday insert in the newspaper New York American and Journal" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 11, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/05871f60-9fe3-0136-cb79-45f96646cff5

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Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library. (1903). Promotional poster for the stage production The Wizard of Oz ["The Greatest Song Hit in The Wizard of Oz"'] featuring The Cowardly Lion, advertising the sheet music for "When the Circus Comes to Town" as free Sunday insert in the newspaper New York American and Journal Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/05871f60-9fe3-0136-cb79-45f96646cff5

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<ref name=NYPL>{{cite web | url=https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/05871f60-9fe3-0136-cb79-45f96646cff5 | title= (still image) Promotional poster for the stage production The Wizard of Oz ["The Greatest Song Hit in The Wizard of Oz"'] featuring The Cowardly Lion, advertising the sheet music for "When the Circus Comes to Town" as free Sunday insert in the newspaper New York American and Journal, (1903) |author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |accessdate=December 11, 2024 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>

Promotional poster for the stage production The Wizard of Oz ["The Greatest Song Hit in The Wizard of Oz"'] featuring The Cowardly Lion, advertising the sheet music for "When the Circus Comes to Town" as free Sunday insert in the newspaper New York American and Journal