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Ray Bolger as the Scarecrow, Jack Haley as the Tin Man, Judy Garland as Dorothy, and Bert Lahr as the Cowardly Lion run arm in arm through a field of poppies in The Wizard of Oz.

Bert Lahr as the Cowardly Lion, Jack Haley as the Tin Man, Ray Bolger as the Scarecrow, Judy Garland as Dorothy, and Margaret Hamilton as the Wicked Witch in a stone-walled room from The Wizard of Oz.

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Ray Bolger as the Scarecrow, Judy Garland as Dorothy, Bert Lahr as the Cowardly Lion, and Jack Haley as the Tin Man stand together on the Yellow Brick Road in a forest scene from The Wizard of Oz.

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Collage of Oz: Emerald City backdrop, illustrated Dorothy, woman with dog, Dorothy holding Toto, and a hand holding the book Wicked.

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