Postcard to Melvin C. Bigelow
Subject(s): Advertising postcards, Airbus (Jet transport), Airbus aircraft, Bears, Cracker Jack (Firm), Exploration of outer space, Moreland, Bertram E., 1872-1946, Postcards--Marketing, Space travelers, Teddybears (Fictitious characters)
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The postcard depicts the Cracker Jack Bears standing in an airship. The sky is blue with stars and Saturn in the background. One bear shines a spotlight onto a box of Cracker Jack hovering above a white planet. The poem on the postcard indicates the planet is Mars. Number sixteen in a series of sixteen cards that were sent free to anyone who mailed in ten sides from Cracker Jack boxes or ten cents in “silver or stamps.” The sender advises Melvin C. Bigelow when to ship a product to market to get the best price.
Collection
Creation Date
1907
Creator(s)
Recipient
Bigelow, Melvin C. (Melvin Clark), 1882-1953
Language
English
Period
U.S. President – 2nd Term (March 1905-February 1909)
Page Count
2
Production Method
Record Type
Multi-image
Resource Type
Rights
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Citation
Cite this Record
Chicago:
Postcard to Melvin C. Bigelow. [January 29, 2026]. Fritz R. Gordner Collection.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o293104. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Unknown. Postcard to Melvin C. Bigelow. [29 Jan. 2026]. Multi-image.
Fritz R. Gordner Collection. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. January 29, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o293104.
APA:
Unknown., [2026, January 29]. Postcard to Melvin C. Bigelow.
Fritz R. Gordner Collection. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o293104.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
Fritz R. Gordner Collection. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/fritz-r-gordner-collection. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Fritz R. Gordner Collection. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. January 29, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/fritz-r-gordner-collection.
APA:
Fritz R. Gordner Collection. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/fritz-r-gordner-collection.