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Lot 509

Printed Postcard Charlie McCarthy Mailed Fan Response Card Edgar Bergen NBC

Estimate: $50 - $1,000
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Printed postcard depicting Charlie McCarthy and Edgar Bergen in a studio or publicity photograph, the card having been mailed with a one cent green stamp and bearing a handwritten ink message on the reverse written in the voice of Charlie McCarthy, addressed to Ottilie H. Kroeber at 3821 N. Fremont Street, Chicago, Illinois. The message thanks the recipient for their swell suggestion on a name for the new member of our family, noting that Bergen will introduce her on the air September third. This card is an exceptional documentary piece, representing a fan response card sent in the character voice of Charlie McCarthy by the Edgar Bergen organization, referencing a forthcoming introduction of a new dummy character on Bergen's NBC radio program. The specific air date reference and the Chicago recipient address give this card precise historical context within Bergen's radio career and make it a highly significant piece of American entertainment ephemera. The front bears the printed text: Printed photograph of Charlie McCarthy and Edgar Bergen. The reverse reads: Mailed POST CARD reverse with one cent green stamp, handwritten message in voice of Charlie McCarthy addressed to Ottilie H. Kroeber, 3821 N. Fremont St., Chicago 13, Illinois, referencing Bergen introducing new character on air September third. Handwritten inscriptions read: Full ink correspondence message signed Charlie McCarthy on reverse.

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