C. Leslie Crandall

website: thebiggamehunter.com In 1940, YANKEE DOODLE became a popular game, judging by the number of copies that are still around today. Historians will note that the copyright was by Crandall & Ellis. Crandall was not related to the famous name connected with blocks and with E.G. Selchow (PIGS IN CLOVER), but was C. Leslie Crandall, a bohemian artist in San Francisco who did much of the artwork for Cadaco-Ellis, becoming a partner around the late ‘30s until the 1960s when the company was sold. http://thebiggamehunter.com/company-histories/cadaco-ellis-and-cadaco/ The following is from the website: www.findagrave.com C. Leslie Crandall Born: 1907 Death: 1979 Burial: El Carmelo Cemetery Pacific Grove Monterey County California, USA http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=95024842 Popular Science, May 1942, Page 132 Photo of C. Leslie Crandall Photo addendum: C. Leslie Crandall is one of the nations foremost creators of games. He's at work here on a brandnew geograph game that you may be playing soon. Popular Science, May 1942 The following is from the website: www.askart.com http://www.askart.com/artist/C_Leslie_Crandall/11002589/C_Leslie_Crandall.aspx Biography C. Leslie Crandall Born in Alabama on May 13, 1907. Crandall was a resident of San Francisco in the 1930s. He died in Monterey, CA on Nov. 27, 1979. Exh: Vallejo Public Library, 1935. In: SFMA; State Museum Resource Center (Sacramento). Source: Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940" City Directory; Death record.