Dwight Block Bowers, Curator in the Division of Culture & the Arts at the National Museum of American History presents the original costume of Ray Bolger (the scarecrow) wore in the movie, "The Wizard of Oz" while singing the song, "We're off to see the Wizard".
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Scarecrow Costume
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- Description
- Ray Bolger wore this patchwork outfit as the Scarecrow, one of the trio of friends who accompany Dorothy to the Emerald City in The Wizard of Oz.
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- user
- Bolger, Ray
- designer
- Adrian
- date made
- 1939
- Physical Description
- felt (overall material)
- straw (overall material)
- leather (overall material)
- wool (overall material)
- twine (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- cotton (overall material)
- Measurements
- approximately: 7 ft x 31 in x 21 1/2 in; 2.1336 m x 78.74 cm x 54.61 cm
- Object Name
- costume
