These RARE Paper Negative Prints are the original contact Negatives for the original Strips as drawn by Charles M. Schulz, all dating back to his classic period; 1968, 1969 and 1970.

After the completion of each Peanuts Strip, Paper Negative Prints were made, and with these Negatives they made Positive Photostats which were distributed to Newspapers throughout the World.

The first Paper Negative process was actually created by William Talbot back in the 1830's. The Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC had an exhibit of Talbot's Negative Prints "Impressed by Light: British Photographs from Paper Negatives, 1840-1860"

"There is nothing quite like the earliest stages, when the paper negative itself took on a look and feel that made the 19th century photography community want to exhibit the negatives themselves--and they often did."

In 1973 Charles Schulz (Creative Associates) sent the following Negative Prints to Gene Persson, co-producer of the hit musical YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN, to be used as source material for the development of a new PEANUTS stage musical.

SNOOPY! THE MUSICAL premiered on December 9, 1975 at the Little Fox Theatre in San Francisco, California.

Dated 1/21/1968

NEGATIVE PRINT DIMENSIONS: 14 1/2" X 10 1/4" 

 Photostat Print Dimensions: 14 1/2" X 10 1/4" 

*Negative Prints come with a FREE matching positive Photostat Print derived from this Negative.

Negative and Photostat Prints COME UNFRAMED!!! *(The framed examples above are strictly for Presentation)

Included:

1999 CD of the Broadway Revival of "You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown"

1999 Playbill for the Revival of "You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown"

For provenance: a Print of a 1975 Letter from Charles Schulz to Gene Persson

*In 2014 Coach launched a Peanuts Collection and featured these Original Negative Prints in a leather frame and sold them for $2,000 (see image above)

Charles M. Schulz 

The cartoonist behind Snoopy, Charlie Brown, and the rest of the Peanuts Gang

On October 2, 1950, three kids appeared on the funny pages of seven newspapers. Over the next 50 years, Charlie Brown, Patty and Shermy would be joined by a whole cast of characters and forever change the landscape of the Sunday comics. Now we can explore the man behind Snoopy, Charlie Brown and the rest of the Peanuts Gang.