The Tin Woodman appears on the copyright page of the first edition of <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wonderful_Wizard_of_Oz" class="extiw" title="en:The Wonderful Wizard of Oz">The Wonderful Wizard of Oz</a></i>. The drawing reads "Copyright 1899/by L. Frank Baum and W. W. Denslow".
Photographer not credited
1899
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