This is another photo I recently picked up, from the 1903
Wizard of Oz. This a vintage reprint of a well known image of Fred Stone as the Scarecrow, oiling David Montgomery's Tin Man. It's difficult to say when this particular print is from - it was part of the collection of Culver Pictures, a long-time photo service. Judging by the style of a rubber stamping on the back, this print was sent out for use sometime between 1960 and 1963 - but it may have been tucked in their files for much longer.
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This pose was also the basis for the cover of
A Tin Man's Joke Book, from 1904 (the image shown at right is taken from
The Oz Scrapbook).
This was a small paperback book, published by J. S. Ogilvie, very possibly without the
knowledge of L. Frank Baum. Ogilvie was also the publisher of
Pictures From the Wonderful Wizard of Oz - so Oz was familiar territory for the company!
**UPDATE - Apparently there were two separate publishers named Ogilvie - J.S. who published the joke books was based in New York, and George who published the
Pictures From the Wonderful Wizard of Oz was based in Chicago.
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While looking about on the web, I found an ad for the Ogilvie series of Joke Books. The
Tin Man is listed as #46, and #47 is
A Scarecrow's Joke Book. I wonder if this image of Fred Stone was used for the cover of that one!