The pictures below show larger views of this 1910s Cracker Jack Pop Corn Confection Advertising Toy Prize Drawing Book. Shown are a view of the front, the advertising on the back (Please read below about the back cover), and a few pages from inside. This prize is not dated but it was used around the mid to late 1910s. This is a rare and desirable prize in any condition. This booklet has some of the earliest images of Sailor Jack and Bingo that was used on prizes. There are (14) pages to the book. Half of them have different images of Sailor Jack and Bingo and some have poems. The other half are tracing paper to trace the picture pages. Inside the front cover there is an advertisement for a mail away premium Riddle Book and an advertising poem. The riddle book containing 243 Cracker Jack Riddles could be obtained for free by sending your name and address. RUECKHEIM BROS. & ECKSTEIN CRACKER JACK AND CANDY MAKERS CHICAGO AND BROOKLYN, U.S.A. The inside of the back cover has a “Cracker Jack Optical Illusion” “How Many Blocks. Six or Seven? Now You See It – Now You Don't!” The back cover has a great picture of an early Cracker Jack box. There is also a Caution about Cracker Jack imitations. The Cracker Jack Drawing Book measures about 2-1/2'' x 3-1/4''. It appears to be in good condition as pictured. There is tracing on some of the pages. The back cover is about half missing however, decades ago there just happened to be the same back cover from the same book that was found loose here and it has been kept with the booklet ever since. |