Morris Michtom
| Morris Michtom | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1870 Russia |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Inventor, businessman |
| Spouse(s) | Rose |
| Children | Emily (1897-1986) |
Morris Michtom (1870 – July 21, 1938),[1][2] with his wife Rose, invented the Teddy Bear.[3] They founded the Ideal Novelty and Toy Company, which after Michtom's death became the largest doll-making company in the United States.
Michtom, was a Russian Jewish immigrant who arrived in New York in 1887. He sold candy in his shop at 404 Tompkins Avenue[4] in Bedford-Stuyvesant Brooklyn by day and made stuffed animals with his wife Rose at night.
The Teddy Bear came about in response to a cartoon by Clifford K. Berryman depicting Teddy Roosevelt having compassion for a bear at the end of an unsuccessful hunting trip in Mississippi in 1902. Michtom saw the drawing of Roosevelt and was inspired: he created a tiny plush bear cub and put it in the shop window with a sign "Teddy's bear," after sending a bear to Roosevelt and receiving permission to use his name.[5] After the creation of the bear in 1902, the sale of the bears was so brisk that in 1907 Michtom created the Ideal Novelty and Toy Company.[6]
Personal life
Morris' daughter Emily appeared as a background character in over 40 episodes of the American television program Get Smart. [7][8]
References
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- ↑ SAVE BEDFORD STUYVESANT: The Teddy Bear was born in Bedford Stuyvesant. Savebedfordstuyvesant.blogspot.com (2009-04-02). Retrieved on 2011-10-01.
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- ↑ True story of the Teddy Bear by The Theodore Roosevelt Association. Theodoreroosevelt.org. Retrieved on 2011-10-01.
- ↑ Cree, Graeme. "The Aunt Rose Files," The Bob and Ray Overstocked Surplus Warehouse. Accessed Dec. 26, 2014.
- ↑ Rose Michtom, IMDb
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