Busy bears on Monday
“Busy bears” postcard series highlights Monday as laundry day. Addressee side contains handwritten entry “Howard.”
Collection
Creation Date
1901-1907
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Fritz R. Gordner Collection
Fritz R. Gordner was introduced to presidential collecting as a child. Fritz and a friend went down to Indianapolis campaign headquarters and passed out buttons for Dwight Eisenhower and Adlai Stevenson. When they got home, they lined all of the buttons up on the rug. That urge to collect has grown into a Theodore Roosevelt collection that includes hundreds of postcards, campaign buttons, banners, and assorted items including a Toby jug, and a Roosevelt bank.
To view items from the collection, please see below.
For more information on Fritz’s collection, please click here to read the full transcript of an interview conducted by Pamela Pierce, digital library coordinator, with him.
Busy bears on Saturday
Postcard from the “Busy bear” series highlighting Saturday as a day for mending clothes. Reverse of the postcard is stamped with an advertisement from the 1909 Indiana State Fair.
Collection
Creation Date
1909
Creator(s)
Postcard from Josie to Harris Coles
Postcard with color illustration of two teddy bears looking towards the ocean with beach buckets and shovels in hand. “What are the wild waves saying” is printed on the left side of the card. On the reverse, the sender asks her cousin, “how would you like to take a stroll with us?”
Collection
Creation Date
1908-09-03
Creator(s)
Postcard from Josie to Ellison Coles
Postcard featuring a color illustration of two teddy bears building a sandcastle on a beach. Above the image is printed “Having a nice time.” On the reverse of the card, the sender asks her cousin if he would like to join such a crowd.
Collection
Creation Date
1908-09-03
Creator(s)
Postcard from Gertrude to Estel Meadow
Postcard titled “Busy bears on Friday.” A color image shows two bears baking in a kitchen.
Collection
Creation Date
1907-08
Creator(s)
Postcard to M. Kalvelage
Forest green postcard featuring a white illustration of an adult-sized teddy bear and a cub walking to church. Postcard is titled “Sunday.”
Collection
Creation Date
1907-08-11
Creator(s)
Postcard to M. Kalvelage
Forest green postcard featuring a white illustration of an adult-sized teddy bear and a cub washing laundry. Postcard is titled “Monday.”
Collection
Creation Date
1907-08-11
Creator(s)
Postcard to M. Kalvelage
Forest green postcard featuring a white illustration of an adult-sized teddy bear mending clothes while a cub plays on the floor. Postcard is titled “Wednesday.”
Collection
Creation Date
1907-08-14
Creator(s)
Postcard to M. Kalvelage
Forest green postcard featuring a white illustration of an adult-sized teddy bear preparing an apple pie while a cub looks on. Postcard is titled “Thursday.”
Collection
Creation Date
1907-08-04
Creator(s)
Postcard to M. Kalvelage
Forest green postcard featuring a white illustration of an adult-sized teddy bear and cub cleaning a home. The postcard is titled “Friday.”
Collection
Creation Date
1907-08-16
Creator(s)
Postcard to M. Kalvelage
Forest green postcard featuring a white illustration of an adult-sized teddy bear ironing clothes while a cub looks on. Postcard is titled “Tuesday.”
Collection
Creation Date
1907-08-13
Creator(s)
Sunday
Postcard featuring a color illustration of an adult-sized teddy bear and a cub walking to church.
Collection
Creation Date
1907
Creator(s)
Monday
Postcard featuring a color illustration of an adult-sized teddy bear and a cub washing laundry.
Collection
Creation Date
1907
Creator(s)
Postcard to M. Kalvelage
Forest green postcard featuring a white illustration of an adult-sized teddy bear and a cub buying rabbits from another bear who appears to be a butcher. Postcard is titled “Saturday.”
Collection
Creation Date
1907-08-16
Creator(s)
Bear and for bear: Friday
Postcard featuring a color illustration of an adult-sized teddy bear and cub cleaning a home.
Collection
Creation Date
1907
Creator(s)
Bear and for bear: Tuesday
Postcard featuring a color illustration of an adult-sized teddy bear ironing clothes while a cub looks on.
Collection
Creation Date
1907
Creator(s)
Bear and for bear: Wednesday
Postcard featuring a color illustration of an adult-sized teddy bear mending clothes while a cub plays on the floor.
Collection
Creation Date
1907
Creator(s)
The Roosevelt bears go aboard the train
The Roosevelt bears board a train. Number 2 in a series of postcards depicting scenes from Seymour Eaton’s “Roosevelt Bears” books.
Collection
Creation Date
1907
Creator(s)
Bear and for bear: Saturday
Postcard featuring a color illustration of an adult-sized teddy bear and a cub buying rabbits from another bear who appears to be a butcher.
Collection
Creation Date
1907
Creator(s)
Bear and for bear: Thursday
Postcard featuring a color illustration of an adult-sized teddy bear preparing an apple pie while a cub looks on.
Collection
Creation Date
1907