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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.”

Staff Sergeant Charles M. Schulz

United States Army portrait of staff sergeant Charles M. Schulz, ca. 1943. Charles M. Schulz Museum (via Wikimedia Commons), public domain.

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.

Schulz, Charles Monroe (1922–2000)

Charles Schulz was a cartoonist best known as the creator of Peanuts, the syndicated comic strip that featured the characters Snoopy and Charlie Brown and expanded into a franchise that included TV shows, movies, and toys. By the time of Schulz’s death, Peanuts was reaching readers in twenty-one languages across some 2,600 newspapers in seventy-five countries. Altogether, Schulz produced more than 18,000 strips over nearly fifty years.

Advertisement of the opening of the St. Paul Grand Opera House’s 1888 season

Advertisement of the opening of the St. Paul Grand Opera House’s 1888 season. St. Paul Daily Globe, August 19, 1888 (amusements section, page 9).

Louis N. Scott

Louis Napoleon Scott, former manager of the Grand Opera House in St. Paul, ca. 1900.

First St. Paul production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s Mikado

Advertisement for an 1885 production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s operetta The Mikado. St. Paul Daily Globe, October 28, 1885 (amusements section, page 8).

Grand Opera House concert program

Program for a concert at the Grand Opera House in St. Paul presented by Acker Post Number 21 of the Grand Army of the Republic, 1884.

Grand Opera House, St. Paul (exterior)

Black-and-white print of the exterior of St. Paul’s Grand Opera House, ca. 1885.

Grand Opera House, St. Paul

The St. Paul Grand Opera House, built in 1883, was considered by many to be the most beautiful opera house in the Twin Cities area. Built as a replacement for the original St. Paul Opera House, the Grand Opera House included new interior design features, electric lighting, and safety enhancements. These upgrades, along with improved railroads, made the venue a desired destination for national touring companies and faithful St. Paul audiences alike.

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