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Description of Pictures: National Portrait Gallery Presents Portrait of Charles M. Schulz: Commemorating the 60th Anniversary of “Peanuts” Debut
A photograph of “Peanuts” creator Charles M. Schulz (1922–2000) will be presented to the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery in a ceremony for invited guests Oct. 1. The event recognizes the cartoonist’s impact on millions of people worldwide and coincides with commemorations surrounding the 60th anniversary of “Peanuts.” The 1986 photograph, created by acclaimed portraitist Yousuf Karsh, is the Portrait Gallery’s first image of the famed cartoonist. In the image, Schulz is at his drawing board with pen in hand. Before him is a partially completed “Peanuts” full-page comic featuring the perennially popular story line in which Lucy snatches the football away from Charlie Brown and sends him hurtling through the air. The photograph, with the accompanying original comic strip, will be on view to the public immediately following the ceremony in the museum’s “New Arrivals” exhibition.
Speakers at the event:
-- Martin Sullivan (Director of the National Portrait Gallery)
-- Edwin C. Anderson
-- Lee Mendelson
-- Estrellita Karsh
-- Jean Schulz
Others pictured here:
-- Craig and Jill Schulz
-- Brent Glass (Director of the National Museum of American History)
-- Joe Wos (cartoonist in residence at the Schulz Museum in Santa Rosa, CA)
-- Patrick McDonnell (Mutts)
-- James Blanchard (former governor of Michigan)
-- Amy Lago (Washington Post Writers Group)
“The Portrait Gallery has many editorial cartoonists and their cartoons in its collection, but this is the first of Charles Schulz and his adored characters,” said Martin Sullivan, director of the museum. “Schulz dealt with life’s everyday moments with humanity and humor.”
On Saturday, Oct. 2, the museum will host a friends-and-family day for all ages with programs inspired by the cartoonist and his characters. Snoopy will be available for photographs; Joe Wos, cartoonist in ...More...
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2010_DC_Peanuts_101001: Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Event: Charles M. Schulz portrait unveiling event (116 photos from 2010)
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PEANUT_101001_003.JPG: Martin Sullivan (director of the National Portrait Gallery 2008-2012) and Jean Schulz (the widow of Peanuts cartoonist Charles Schulz). Sullivan died on March 1, 2014.
PEANUT_101001_006.JPG: Left to right:
Lee Mendelson, Edwin C. Anderson, Estrellita Karsh, and Jean Schulz
PEANUT_101001_012.JPG: Martin Sullivan and Lee Mendelson
PEANUT_101001_033.JPG: Martin Sullivan
PEANUT_101001_058.JPG: Edwin C. Anderson
PEANUT_101001_099.JPG: Lee Mendelson
PEANUT_101001_101.JPG: American television producer Lee Mendelson passed on December 25, 2019. Back in 1965, Lee approached his friend Charles Schulz about doing an animated Christmas special. That led to A Charlie Brown Christmas. While the success of that special and the follow up Peanuts shows was due to the unique combination of Charles Schulz, director Bill Meléndez, and jazz composer Vince Guaraldi, none would have happened without Lee.
PEANUT_101001_115.JPG: Estrellita Karsh
PEANUT_101001_152.JPG: Jean Schulz
PEANUT_101001_197.JPG: James Blanchard (former governor of Michigan) is on the left
PEANUT_101001_208.JPG: Jeannie Schulz, Jerry Van Amerongen (Ballard Street), and Amy Lago
PEANUT_101001_244.JPG: Craig Schulz
PEANUT_101001_277.JPG: Estrellita Karsh and Jean Schulz during ceremony turning over a portrait of Charles Schulz @ the National Portrait Gallery.
PEANUT_101001_360.JPG: Brent Glass and Estrellita Karsh
PEANUT_101001_386.JPG: Joe Wos (cartoonist in residence at the Schulz Museum in Santa Rosa, CA)
PEANUT_101001_479.JPG: Estrellita Karsh, James Blanchard, ???
PEANUT_101001_495.JPG: Joe Wos (Pittsburgh Cartoon Museum), and Patrick McDonnell (Mutts)
PEANUT_101001_499.JPG: Left to right: Jerry Van Amerongen (Ballard Street), Joe Wos (Pittsburgh Cartoon Museum), and Patrick McDonnell (Mutts)
PEANUT_101001_539.JPG: James Blanchard and Snoopy
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2019_DC_Leadership_191030 Natl Archives -- Panel -- Women in Leadership: Women on the U.S. Congress w/Shelley Moore Capito, Brenda Lawrence, Tammy Baldwin and Brooke Baldwin
2018_DC_Catch_Wave_181024 Natl Archives & USAFMC -- Panel -- Catch the Wave: Voter Discontent During Wave Elections
2018_DC_Kerry_180908 Politics & Prose @ Sixth & I Historic Synagogue -- John Kerry ("Every Day is Extra") w/David Ignatius
2018_DC_Souza_180508 Natl Archives -- An Evening with Former White House Photographer Pete Souza
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2010 photos: Equipment this year: I mostly used the Fuji S100fs until the third one broke and I started sending them back for repairs. Then I used either the Fuji S200EHX or the Nikon D90 until I got the S100fs ones repaired. At the end of the year I bought a Nikon D5000 but I returned it pretty quickly.
Trips this year:
Civil War Trust conferences (Lexington, KY and Nashville, TN), and
my 5th consecutive San Diego Comic-Con trip (including Los Angeles).
My office at the main Commerce Department building closed in October and I was shifted out to the Bureau of the Census in Suitland Maryland. It's good to have a job of course but that killed being able to see basically any cultural events during the day. There's basically nothing of interest that you can see around the Census building.
Number of photos taken this year: about 395,000..