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‘A Bundle of Horridness’: The Great Teddy Bear Panic of 1907
In the mind of Reverend Michael Esper, teddy bears were public ... depicting Roosevelt’s refusal. The cartoon was such a hit that Berryman kept adding bears to his drawings of Roosevelt.
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Discover How President Theodore Roosevelt Inspired the World’s First Teddy Bear, Which Went on Sale on This Day in 1903
The story of the teddy bear then turns to Rose and Morris Mitchtom who owned a candy store in New York City. Taking inspiration from the depiction of the black bear in Berryman’s cartoon ...