He often spent time visiting graveyards and cemeteries, wondering at the fascinations of death. From an early age, the younger Charles had a fascination with the macabre. military.Ĭharles Samuel Addams was born on January 7, 1912, in Westfield, New Jersey, to Charles Huey and Grace Addams. For a man who loved to work with the macabre, wartime made use of his artistic skills for the U.S. During his service, he worked at the Signal Corps Photographic Center (SCPC) creating animated training films for the Army. (Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress)Ī noted cartoonist and artist whose most enduring creation is the Addams Family, his artistic skills were used by the U.S. He’s creepy and he’s cooky, mysterious and spooky, he’s altogether ooky, he’s Charles Samuel Addams. Today’s post comes from Thomas Richardson, an expert archives technician at the National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) in St.
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