<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_slippers" class="extiw" title="en:Ruby slippers">Ruby slippers</a> from the film <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wizard_of_Oz" class="extiw" title="en:The Wizard of Oz">The Wizard of Oz</a></i> displayed at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Museum_of_American_History" class="extiw" title="en:National Museum of American History">en:National Museum of American History</a> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smithsonian_Institution" class="extiw" title="en:Smithsonian Institution">Smithsonian Institution</a>).
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<td valign="top" style="border: none; padding: 4px 10px;">Sixteen-year-old <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judy_Garland" class="extiw" title="en:Judy Garland">Judy Garland</a> wore these sequined shoes as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Gale" class="extiw" title="en:Dorothy Gale">Dorothy Gale</a> in the 1939 film classic <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wizard_of_Oz" class="extiw" title="en:The Wizard of Oz">The Wizard of Oz</a></i>. In the original book by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._Frank_Baum" class="extiw" title="en:L. Frank Baum">L. Frank Baum</a>, Dorothy's magic slippers are silver; for the Technicolor movie, they were changed to ruby red to show up more vividly against the yellow-brick road. One of several pairs used during filming, these size-five shoes are well-worn, suggesting they were Garland's primary pair for dance sequences.
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