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Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, Museum Artifacts Collection, Artifact No. 1973.1.89
Charles Werner
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. 1973.1.89

Charles Werner

1909 - 1997
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Charles George Werner, d. July 2, 1997; Indianapolis editorial cartoonist ; youngest person (29 yrs. old) ever to win a Pulitzer Prize in his field; began his career in 1930 at The Springfield (Mo.) Leader and Press as an artist and photographer; 5 yrs. later he joined the Oklahoman in the art department and was promoted to editorial cartoonist in 1937; hired by the Chicago Sun in 1941; left for the Indianapolis Star in 1947 and retired from the paper in 1994
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