Object Details
- Associated Name
- Schulz, Charles M.
- CBS
- Description
- Production drawing from the “The Smithsonian and the Presidency” episode of the 8-part animated mini-series This is America Charlie Brown. The series, which ran from 1988-1989, featured characters from the Peanuts franchise participating in historical moments or learning about the American past. Featuring representations of historical personages, it is one of the only Peanuts stories to prominently include adult characters. The “Smithsonian and the Presidency” episode first aired on April 19, 1989.
- Charles Schulz’s Peanuts was a syndicated newspaper comic that ran from 1950-2000. Originating from Schultz’s original cartoon Lil Folks , Peanuts became one of the most popular comic strips ever, running in over 2,6000 newspapers, developing into a massive multi-media franchise and marketing juggernaut. The strip, whose 17,897 cartoons were all written and drawn by Schulz, was noted its psychological depth and a philosophical bent, as well as for providing a humorous yet honest window into interpersonal relationships and life’s myriad challenges. Featuring only children and animals as characters, including the depressed yet perseverant Charlie Brown his joyful, imaginative pet dog Snoopy, the security blanket wielding Linus and his “crabby” older sister Lucy, Peanuts established reoccurring stories and motifs that have become part of the world’s shared popular culture.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- 2017.0170.05.1
- accession number
- 2017.0170
- catalog number
- 2017.0170.05.1
- Object Name
- production draw
- drawing, animation production
- cel, animation
- Physical Description
- paper, pencil (overall material)
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
- National Museum of American History
- web subject
- Entertainment
- Subject
- Animation
- Smithsonian Institution
- Television
- Record ID
- nmah_1865957
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b4-2c57-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
