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This image by illustrator W. W. Denslow is from the first edition of L. Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Chicago and New York: George M. Hill Co., 1900). The image is being used to publicize the exhibition, “We’re Off to See the Wizard! The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, 1900–2000,” commemorating the centennial of the publication of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. The exhibition will run from June 19–September 23, 2000, at the Lilly Library, Indiana University Libraries in Bloomington, Indiana. The Lilly Library has collections consisting of more than 400,000 books, 7 million manuscripts, 150,000 pieces of sheet music, as well as photographs, prints, drawings, and decorative arts.