Charles Malchow around the time of his graduation from Minneapolis College of Physicians and Surgeons, in 1894. From the collection of Ryan T. Hurt.

Charles N. Hewitt, tintype c.1860.

The Meeker County farm of the Charles Ness family, 1947. As one of just two R.E.A. electric demonstration farms in the U.S., the Ness farm hosted 34,000 visitors from thirty-two states and six foreign countries interested in learning about the benefits of electricity.

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.”