Sullivan reportedly made a fortune from merchandising alone, with the cartoon cat's image appearing on everything from crockery to postcards. It was reported that in 1924 Felix the Cat dolls ...

toys and postcards. Felix cartoons began airing on TV in the 1950s with the cat having a “Magical Bag of Tricks” that could assume a variety of shapes. The 1950s show was owned by Classic ...

And, according to scholars of media history, understanding the cat postcards of the early 20th Century might help us to understand social media today. Courtesy of the Edwardian Postcard Project ...