The picture shows a front and back view of this 1907 Cracker Jack Bears Advertising Premium / Prize Post Card. This is card #11 of a set of (16) different Post Cards that were used. These cards were one of the earliest prizes that were used in a box of Cracker Jack. There are two versions of these. One version has instructions on the back to order a complete mail away premium set of (16) cards back then. The other version, the ones mailed for do not have the instructions. They were put out by the Rueckheim Bros. & Eckstein, the makers of Cracker Jack. Each of the cards in the set has a different scene with the Cracker Jack Bears and their fantastic travels. They had traveled to different locations by means of an airship shaped like a large box of Cracker Jack. On this card the Bears are under a circus big top tent. One is riding an elephant and juggling Cracker Jack boxes while the other is feeding the elephant Cracker Jack. The card has a poem and is ©1907 by Artist B. E. Moreland. Some of these postcards were reproduced in miniature for the product's 100th anniversary in 1993. The postcard measures about 3" x 5-3/8". We are not a grading company and this card has not been graded. Please judge by the clear image of the card as to the condition. There are two creases and some paper loss on the back. |