The Oneida Daily Dispatch (Oneida, NY)
All Things Oz selling vintage photographs
CHITTENANGO >> Already a depository for art, books, fanworks and more, All Things Oz has added rare photographs from Judy Garland’s personal collection to its repertory.
The vintage photos come from her 15- year tenure with Metro- Goldwyn- Mayer, when the studio took several shots of their leading lady for promotional materials, as well as distribution among fans.
Some of these photos were given to Garland, and when she died in 1969 and her estate auctioned off, the photographs were sold off.
Some of those photos found their way back to Garland’s family.
This cache of photographs ranging from 1940 to 1944 have now been presented to All Things Oz as a means for fundraising.
While some will remain at the museum as artifacts, the rest — unseen and uncirculated — will be sold to the public.
Each double- weight, matte photograph comes labeled on its reverse side with a “Judy” sticker created in 1978 at the time of the original auction and presented in a premium, archival- quality sleeve. Additionally, a letter attesting to the provenance of the photographs will be included with each purchase.
There are eight different poses: two exist in a 4- by- 5 inche format; the remaining six are standard 8- by- 10 inche size.
The photographs, developed in the early 1940s, are from sittings with Clarence Sinclair Bull and Eric Carpenter.
Six of the poses were taken in 1940 during filming for “Strike Up the Band” with Mickey Rooney. Another, by C. S. Bull, is from a session at the conclusion of filming for “Presenting Lily Mars” in November of 1943. The remaining pose features Garland just after shooting had wrapped for “Meet Me in St. Louis.”
Proceeds from the sale go exclusively to benefit the All Things Oz museum at 211 Genesee St., Chittenango.