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Snoopy

Snoopy Wearing a Yellow Stocking Cap
Bill Melendez
Snoopy Wearing a Yellow Stocking Cap, between 1965 and 1985
Tempera drawing on acetate film
Art Wood Collection of Caricature and Cartoon
Prints & Photographs Division (130.10a)
Digital ID# ppmsca-09908

Snoopy looks as though he were dancing on ice in this animation cel created by Bill Melendez, the exclusive animator of Charles Schulz's Peanuts characters. Born in Mexico, Bill Melendez grew up in the United States and began his animation career with Disney Studios in 1938. In 1964, Melendez teamed up with Charles Schulz to create several motion pictures and television specials based on the Peanuts characters, garnering several awards.

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