Editing Cracker Jack (section)

== Mascots ==
[[File:Grave of Robert Muno Rueckheim (1913–1920) at St. Henry Catholic Cemetery, Chicago.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Robert Rueckheim's grave at St. Henry Catholic Cemetery. As of October 2022, the inset image of Sailor Jack is missing.]]

Cracker Jack's [[mascot]]s Sailor Jack and his dog Bingo, drawn by [[Andrew Loomis]], were introduced as early as 1916<ref>{{cite news|title=The Evening World|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030193/1916-03-06/ed-1/seq-9/#date1=1916&sort=date&date2=1916&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&index=0&words=Cracker+jack+Jack+Jacks+popcorn&proxdistance=50&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=cracker+jack+popcorn&phrasetext=cracker+jack&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1|access-date=8 October 2015|date=March 6, 1916|page=9}}</ref> and registered as a trademark in 1919.<ref name=Bellis>{{cite web|url=http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blcrackerjacks.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120710092950/http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blcrackerjacks.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 10, 2012 |title=Cracker Jack |website=About.com |date=2013-11-14 |access-date=2013-11-20 |first=Mary |last=Bellis}}</ref> Sailor Jack was modeled after Frederick’s grandson Robert Rueckheim.  He was the son of Edward, the eldest of the Rueckheim brothers.  Robert died of pneumonia shortly after his image appeared at the age of 7.<ref name="scribd1">{{cite web |url=https://www.scribd.com/doc/44602448/Charles-Panati-Extraordinary-Origins-of-Everyday-Things |title=Charles Panati – Extraordinary Origins of Everyday Things |website=Scribd.com |access-date=2012-03-05 |archive-date=November 7, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107070919/http://www.scribd.com/doc/44602448/Charles-Panati-Extraordinary-Origins-of-Everyday-Things |url-status=dead }}</ref> The sailor boy image acquired such meaning for the founder of Cracker Jack that he had it carved on his tombstone at St. Henry Catholic Cemetery in Chicago; the image, an inset in the stone, is missing.<ref name="scribd1" /><!-- note: comments about the dog were vandalism-->