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1. President
Grover Cleveland inspired the name of the Teddy Bear. 2. In 1902, President
Theodore Roosevelt went to Mississippi to settle a border dispute
between Mississippi and Louisiana. 3. Clifford Berryman
drew the political cartoon about the innocent bear cub in Mississippi
which inspired the first "Teddy's Bear." 4. The bear cub in
the political cartoon depicting President Theodore Roosevelt's
hunting incident was a polar bear cub. 5. Morris Michtom
was a shopkeeper in Brooklyn, New York. 6. President
Theodore Roosevelt asked Morris and Rose Michtom to make a stuffed
teddy bear for Roosevelt's first presidential campaign. 7. The
first "Teddy's Bear" was made for the sole purpose of giving it
to President Theodore Roosevelt to place at the entrance of the
White House. 8.
The first two "Teddy's Bears" made by Rose Michtom were stuffed
with excelsior and adorned with black shoe buttons for eyes. 9.
Morris Michtom sold his stuffed bear design to the Steiff Company
in 1902. 10.
Morris Michtom's company was called the Ideal Novelty and Toy
Company.
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