| On November 14, 1902, the 26th President
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| | York toy storeowners Morris and Rose
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| of the United States, Theodore "Teddy"
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| | Michtom was sparked. Using Berryman's
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| Roosevelt, went to Mississippi to settle
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| | Bear as a guide, they designed a bear
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| a border dispute between Mississippi and
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| | very unlike the toy bears available at
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| Louisiana. While there, Roosevelt agreed
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| | the time. Toy bears were typically
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| to join in a bear hunt. Accustomed to a
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| | portrayed on all fours with features
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| strenuous, physical hunt, he was a bit
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| | similar to real bears. The Michtoms new
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| dismayed by the unfamiliar method of
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| | bear was sweet and cuddly, filled with
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| using packs of dogs to track and chase
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| | excelsior stuffing and adorned with black
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| prey leaving the hunter to only wait for
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| | buttons for eyes.Rose made two of the
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| his animalHunting conditions proved
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| | bears and they were placed in the store's
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| unfavorable for the president and late
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| | window. They became an instant success.
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| into the day he still hadn't had success.
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| | The Michtoms then asked President
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| Determined to find a suitable quarry for
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| | Roosevelt for permission to call the
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| his president, guide Holt Collier set off
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| | bears "Teddy's Bears" and the Teddy Bear
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| to find him a bear. Tracking a 235 pound
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| | was born.The demand for Teddy's Bears was
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| bear to a water hole, he clubbed it over
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| | so strong that within a year of its
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| the head and tied it to a tree. Roosevelt
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| | creation the Michtoms closed their candy
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| was then summoned to shoot the bear and
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| | store. With the help of the wholesale
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| claim his prize. The president was
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| | firm, Butler Brothers, the first teddy
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| unimpressed by the bound, dazed, and
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| | bear manufacturer in the United States
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| bleeding bear. Saying, "Spare the bear! I
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| | was founded. They called it the Ideal
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| will not shoot a tethered animal." He
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| | Novelty and Toy Company. It remained a
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| refused his prize and forbade anyone else
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| | successful business and in 1938 changed
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| from claiming it.Reporters with the
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| | its name to Ideal Toy Company.The term
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| hunting party spread the news of
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| | Teddy Bear (without the s) first appeared
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| Roosevelt's fair play nationwide. Among
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| | in the October 1906 issue of Playthings
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| those inspired by the story was political
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| | Magazine. Soon even the Steiff Company
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| cartoonist Clifford Berryman. Berryman
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| | was using it for their bears and it
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| drew a cartoon of the incident portraying
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| | became the accepted term.The teddy bear
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| the tethered bear sitting innocently with
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| | is the most popular plush toy and it's
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| huge, scared eyes. The cartoon captioned
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| | possible it's the most popular of all
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| "Drawing the Line in Mississippi" was
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| | toys. While other toys have enjoyed their
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| featured on the front cover of The
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| | popularity and then disappeared, the
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| Washington Post on November 16, 1902.The
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| | teddy bear has stood the test of time.
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| cartoon was reprinted in newspapers all
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| | They are bought for our new babies, our
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| over the country and Roosevelt's
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| | friends, and our loved ones. There just
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| popularity soared. For the remainder of
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| | doesn't seem to be an occasion where a
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| his political career his mascot was
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| | teddy bear isn't just the right gift. We
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| Teddy's Bear and Berryman continued to
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| | dress them up, make them musical, and
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| use it all his cartoons. It signified to
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| | treasure them as collector's pieces and
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| the public how Roosevelt could not be
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| | beloved friends.Sharon Lauer is a free
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| swayed from doing what he thought was
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| | lance writer and the marketing director
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| right. It is debatable how much of a role
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| | for and She regularly writes articles
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| it played in his re-election in 1905.As
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| | on various aspects of gifts and gift
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| news spread of Roosevelt's adventure and
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| | giving.
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| Berryman's cartoon the imagination of New
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