A tag bears Judy Garland’s name on her dress from “The Wizard Of Oz,” seen Wednesday. It was given to Catholic University decades ago by actress Mercedes McCambridge, then an artist-in-residence. MUST CREDIT: Photo by Patrick G. Ryan of Catholic University
ABOVE: Maria Mazzenga, curator of special collections at Catholic University, arranges the Dorothy dress that turned up recently. RIGHT: A tag bears Judy Garland’s name on her dress from “The Wizard of Oz.” It was given to Catholic University decades ago by actress Mercedes McCambridge, then an artist-in-residence.
The Rev. Gilbert Hartke and a student with the Dorothy dress. It was a gift to the head of Catholic University’s drama department from actress Mercedes McCambridge in 1973. MUST CREDIT: Photo courtesy of Special Collections, Catholic University
Special Collections The Catholic University of America
A tag bears Judy Garland’s name on her dress from “The Wizard Of Oz,” seen Wednesday. It was given to Catholic University decades ago by actress Mercedes McCambridge, then an artist-in-residence. MUST CREDIT: Photo by Patrick G. Ryan of Catholic University
Patrick G. Ryan
A tag bears Judy Garland’s name on her dress from “The Wizard Of Oz,” seen Wednesday. It was given to Catholic University decades ago by actress Mercedes McCambridge, then an artist-in-residence. MUST CREDIT: Photo by Patrick G. Ryan of Catholic University
Patrick G. Ryan
ABOVE: Maria Mazzenga, curator of special collections at Catholic University, arranges the Dorothy dress that turned up recently. RIGHT: A tag bears Judy Garland’s name on her dress from “The Wizard of Oz.” It was given to Catholic University decades ago by actress Mercedes McCambridge, then an artist-in-residence.
Special Collections The Catholic University of America
The Rev. Gilbert Hartke and a student with the Dorothy dress. It was a gift to the head of Catholic University’s drama department from actress Mercedes McCambridge in 1973. MUST CREDIT: Photo courtesy of Special Collections, Catholic University
Nearly half a century ago, a story in Catholic University’s student newspaper described a “precious gift” bestowed on the school by Oscar-winning actress Mercedes McCambridge, then an artist-in-residence in the university’s drama department.
Here was a rare piece of Tinseltown memorabilia, a farm girl’s blue gingham dress, one of several — though not many — worn by Judy Garland in her role as Dorothy Gale in the classic 1939 movie “The Wizard of Oz.” It wasn’t quite the famed ruby slippers, but the garment was a fascinating artifact just the same.
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