History of the Teddy Bear Teddy Roosevelt and the Teddy Bear
*Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt, the 26th president of the United States, is
the person responsible for giving the teddy bear his name. On November 14,
1902, Roosevelt was helping settle a border dispute between Mississippi and
Louisiana. During his spare time he attended a bear hunt in Mississippi.
During the hunt, Roosevelt came upon a wounded young bear and ordered the
mercy killing of the animal. The Washington Post ran a editorial cartoon
created by the political cartoonist Clifford K. Berryman that illustrated
the event. The cartoon was called "Drawing the Line in Mississippi" and
depicted both state line dispute and the bear hunt. At first Berryman drew
the bear as a fierce animal, the bear had just killed a hunting dog. Later,
Berryman redrew the bear to make it a cuddly cub. The cartoon and the story
it told became popular and within a year, the cartoon bear became a toy for
children called the teddy bear.* Who made the first toy bear called teddy
bear?*Well there are several stories, below is the most popular one:*
*Morris Michtom made the first official toy bear called the teddy bear.
Michtom owned a small novelty and candy store in Brooklyn, New York. His
wife Rose was making toy bears for sale in their store. Michtom sent
Roosevelt a bear and asked permission to use the teddy bear name. Roosevelt
said yes. Michtom and a company called Butler Brothers, began to
mass-produce the teddy bear. Within a year Michtom started his own company
called the Ideal Novelty and Toy Company.*
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