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A Snoopy license plate delivers more than mere peanuts to California museums

By Phil Kohlmetz

A special interest license plate is certainly an unconventional way to raise money for museums, and Snoopy’s path to plate-dom was certainly unconventional. But in late 2015, after nearly fifteen years of effort, California got its first …

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