President Theodore Roosevelt, often known as Teddy, went on a bear hunting ... Taking inspiration from the depiction of the black bear in Berryman’s cartoon, the Michtoms created a stuffed ...

The cartoon was such a hit that Berryman ... Michtom sought and secured the permission of Roosevelt to dub it the “teddy bear” after Roosevelt’s “Teddy” nickname. Though the president ...

People across the country were delighted by both the event and the cartoon, and this prompted several toy makers to begin manufacturing stuffed toy bears named for the president. The "teddy bear ...

Louisiana's fabled black bear became part of American culture in 1902 after President Teddy Roosevelt refused to ... The episode was featured in a cartoon in The Washington Post, sparking the ...