Decades before The Girl in the Red Truck

I found a picture in Chicago Sunday Tribune from when they were promoting “It’s Only a Game” in 1957, with Schulz taking Linus and Snoopy for a walk. The archive, alas, is not a clear image; this is something I’m going to have to hunt down an original printing of, which is presumably in color.

Charles Schulz takes Snoopy and Linus for a walk.Charles Schulz takes Snoopy and Linus for a walk. 06 Oct 1957, Sun Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois) Newspapers.com

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