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Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, Museum Artifacts Collection, Ar…
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, Museum Artifacts Collection, Artifact No. 1966.64.206
Karl Knecht
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, Museum Artifacts Collection, Ar…
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, Museum Artifacts Collection, Artifact No. 1966.64.206

Karl Knecht

1883 - 1972
Karl Kae Knecht (December 4, 1883 - July 28, 1972) was an American artist who was the cartoonist for the Evansville [Indiana] Courier (now Evansville Courier & Press) from 1906 to 1960; born in 1883 in Dakota Territory and grew up in Illinois; enjoyed circuses and performing as a clown, and was a founding member of the "Circus Fans’ Association", serving as its first secretary-treasurer starting in 1926
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