Charles Schulz and Charlie Brown

Charles Schulz and Charlie Brown

Charles Schulz (right), his drawing of the Charlie Brown character (center), and the inspiration for the character (Charlie Brown, left), ca. 1950s. Charlie Brown autobiography files, 1910–1989, Manuscripts Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul. The photograph (by Frank Ross) appeared in the Saturday Evening Post, November 29–30, 1956, with this caption: "“The real life Charlie Brown, on left, receives a greeting from cartoon character Charlie Brown, drawn by his long time friend Charles Schulz. The flesh and blood Charlie Brown is a 26 year old bachelor of Minneapolis.”

Charles Schulz with a drawing of Charlie Brown

Charles Schulz with a drawing of Charlie Brown

Charles Schulz with a drawing of Charlie Brown, 1956. New York World-Telegram and Sun collection, Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons). Public domain.

Black and white newspaper image of Charles Sumner Smith, c.1917.

Charles Sumner Smith

Charles Sumner Smith was Captain of Company D of the Sixteenth Battalion, Minnesota Home Guard. He was a founding member of the Twin Cities Protective League and the Minneapolis NAACP. After the Duluth lynchings he helped with the founding of the Duluth NAACP. Image is from the St. Paul Appeal, August 25, 1917.

Charles T. Corning. From Leavitt Corning, “The Minnesota Boat Club: History of the Organization Which Has Stood for Nearly Two Score Years for the Best in American Amateur Athletics,” Razoo 1, no. 3 (February 1903): 9–13.

Charles T. Corning

Charles T. Corning. From Leavitt Corning, “The Minnesota Boat Club: History of the Organization Which Has Stood for Nearly Two Score Years for the Best in American Amateur Athletics,” Razoo 1, no. 3 (February 1903): 9–13.

Charles Thompson

Charles Thompson

Charles Thompson in Thomasville, Georgia, ca. 1901.

Charles Thompson Memorial Hall

Charles Thompson Memorial Hall

Charles Thompson Memorial Hall in St. Paul, November 11, 1916.

Charles Thompson Memorial Hall

Charles Thompson Memorial Hall

Charles Thompson Memorial Hall in St. Paul, November 11, 1916.

Oil on canvas painting of Charles W. Borup, 1856. Borup was a cautious investor and partner in the St. Paul Bank Borup and Oakes. After the panic ruined him financially he jumped from a bridge into the Mississippi River.Oil on canvas painting of Charles W. Borup, 1856. Borup was a cautious investor and partner in the St. Paul bank Borup and Oakes. After the panic ruined him financially he jumped from a bridge into the Mississippi River.

Charles W. Borup

Oil on canvas painting of Charles W. Borup, an investor and partner in the St. Paul bank Borup and Oakes, 1856.

Black and white photograph of Charles Wilberforce Ames, c.1925.

Charles Wilberforce Ames

Charles Wilberforce Ames, c.1925.

Charles William Dorsett

Charles William Dorsett

Charles William Dorsett, husband of Martha Angle Dorsett, ca. 1900s. Photograph by Sweet.

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