The Oz Enthusiast

At the beginning of The Scarecrow of Oz , L. Frank Baum's Oz book for 1915, the characters Trot and Cap'n Bill are captured by a w...

Here's another example of work done by W. W. Denslow for Montgomery Ward. This is a pamphlet from 1897 celebrating the 25th anniversary...

Wizard of Oz head scarves were among the many items manufactured at the time of the 1939 MGM film. These were produced by Brian Fabrics...

The Passing Show of 1913 was one of an annual series of elaborate Broadway reviews, that parodied recent shows as well as presenting ex...

Here's an early example of advertising work by W. W. Denslow, the original illustrator of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz . This is one of ...

Here's a new find - a photo from the 1903 Broadway production of The Wizard of Oz . This is an original photo that I've never seen b...

For a time, from the mid 1920's to 1930's, there were two versions available of The Land of Oz . The "regular" edition, ...

In the past I've posted quite a few titles published by Rand McNally with covers designed by W. W. Denslow. Denslow also designed post...

 In 1910, Reilly and Britton published Baum's Own Book for Children . This was a repackaging of an earlier title, L. Frank Baum's ...

Here is one of W. W. Denslow's earliest posters, from 1895, celebrating the newspaper merger of the Chicago Times and the Chicago Her...

I first saw this full page drawing from The Road to Oz about a dozen years ago, at the home of an illustration dealer, and was immediate...

This copy of Jack Pumpkinhead , one of the Snuggle Tales , is a recent acquisition. This copy happens to be in its original dust jacket, w...

Baum's American Fairy Tales was published in 1908, but it is actually an expanded and updated version of American Fairy Tales from 19...

Here's a holiday cartoon panel by W. W. Denslow, that appeared in the St Paul Globe on Dec 13th, 1903. It was syndicated in other pap...

W. W. Denslow did a lot of commercial artwork in the course of his career, creating pamphlets, postcards, posters etc. One of his clients in...