The teddy bear was inspired by a cartoon by Pulitzer
Prize-winning cartoonist Clifford K. Berryman depicting American president Theodore
Roosevelt—commonly called "Teddy"—having compassion for a bear at
the end of an unsuccessful hunting trip in Mississippi in 1902. Morris
Michtom saw the drawing and created a tiny plush bear cub which he sent to
Roosevelt. After receiving permission to use Roosevelt's name, Michtom put a
plush bear in the shop window on 15 February 1903 with a sign
"Teddy's bear." After the creation of the bear the sale of the bears
was so brisk that in 1907 Michtom created the Ideal Novelty and Toy Company.
Thursday, February 15, 2024
First Teddy Bear in 1903
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