Our Oz Archive

 A vast collection of pictures from "Wicked - A New Musical"

 A collection of pictures from "The Boy From Oz"

• Oz History--
  Fascinating information on Oz historical events, such as the discovery of the grave of Dorothy Louise Gage (the niece that Baum immortalized in his book), the Munchkins--then and now, the Munchkins' return to the Culver Hotel, and "The Slippers--yes, the [Ruby] Slippers!", A Tribute to Hugh Jackman, The Boy From Oz, A Tribute to Wicked the Musical.
  
  
• Munchkinland In Miniature, by Stephen Sisters
  Stephen Sisters built this spectacular miniature Munchkinland just prior to the 50th Anniversary of The Wizard of Oz. It was our co-cover story on our first issue of the former newsletter Beyond the Rainbow Collector's Exchange back in 1991. Now for the first time see this incredible model in color.
  
  
• Dorothy's Farm House in Miniature, by Dan Heisey
  Dan Heisy built this spectacular miniature version of Dorothy's Farm House in The Wizard of Oz. Now for the first time see this incredible model in color.
  
  
• We're Off To Stage The Wizard
  If you have ever wanted to take on the task of staging The Wizard of Oz now you can follow these step by step instructions that Kurt Raymond has beautifully outlined to make it a spectacular production. See pictures of the transformation sequence of the Witch and get a list of theatrical references for everything you'll need to stage the Wizard!
  
  
• Meet the Munchkins--
  Originally there were 124 Munchkins in The Wizard of Oz; today only eleven or so are still living. The seven most visible are: Mickey Carroll, Ruth Duccini, Jerry Maren, Margaret Pellegrini, Meinhardt Raabe, Clarence Swensen, and Karl Slover.
  
  
• Collector's Exchange Back Issues--
  Stroll through back issues of Beyond the Rainbow Collector's Exchange —
  We reported on a laberynth of Oz news stories. Now it's all part of Oz's his -- tory! Much was later published and preserved in "Cooking in Oz" by Elaine Willingham and Stephen Cox, their book is still in print and available through this wesbite, go to the Books section.
  Back issues   1991 |1992 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997