Dolan
Banned
You might ask when visiting the White House, on why did a huge Plush Bear being displayed alongside the memorabilia of President Theodore Roosevelt. Yes, that Plush Bear is indeed being named as Teddy's Bear, but then, there are another "Teddy's Bear" around, as you could see the Photo of President Roosevelt posing with his pet bear, Pooh, in front of the White House.
It was recorded that there was attempt to commercialize the bear doll, made by Morris Michtom and the Ideal Toy Company, but it seem that they are failed to took off the Pet Bear craze that was started by President Roosevelt.
Of course, the Presidential Pet Bear, Pooh, actually originated from an incident on a bear hunting trip in Mississippi in November 1902, to which Roosevelt was invited by Mississippi Governor Andrew H. Longino. There were several other hunters competing, and most of them had already killed an animal. A suite of Roosevelt's attendants, led by Holt Collier, cornered, lassoed, and tied an American black bear cub to a willow tree after a long exhausting chase with hounds. They called Roosevelt to the site and suggested that he should shoot it. He refused to shoot the bear, deeming this unsportsmanlike, but after personally releasing the rope that hold the cub, it was said that the little bear end up hopelessly trailing behind the President for some reasons, and so, instead of being killed as a trophy, Theodore Roosevelt decides that he would adopt this bear as his pet instead, naming him as 'Pooh'. The news of the President having a pet bear become the topic of a political cartoon by Clifford Berryman in the Washington Post on November 16, 1902. The image of Roosevelt holding a cute bear cub on his arms being immortalized as one of the most well known political cartoon in early 20th century.
Morris Michtom saw the drawing of Roosevelt and was inspired to create a toy bear out of the Cartoon. He created a tiny soft bear cub and sent that bear to Roosevelt, asking his permission to use his name for the toy, that would be christened as Teddy Bear. Roosevelt did gave his permission for the toyline, but after enjoying some intial success, the public started to equate Teddy Bear not with a cute tiny cub, but the big 500 pounds Black Bear, 'The Pooh' who receive much publicity due too his role as unofficial greeter at the White House during Roosevelt's Presidency.
Now, while plush animal toys is still being common household item, plush bears are rarity compared to other animals. With this in mind, what if the "Teddy Bear" end up being a commercial success at the first place?
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OOC : The POD is, ironically, Roosevelt end up adopting the bear instead of ordering to 'put it out of his misery'.
It was recorded that there was attempt to commercialize the bear doll, made by Morris Michtom and the Ideal Toy Company, but it seem that they are failed to took off the Pet Bear craze that was started by President Roosevelt.
Of course, the Presidential Pet Bear, Pooh, actually originated from an incident on a bear hunting trip in Mississippi in November 1902, to which Roosevelt was invited by Mississippi Governor Andrew H. Longino. There were several other hunters competing, and most of them had already killed an animal. A suite of Roosevelt's attendants, led by Holt Collier, cornered, lassoed, and tied an American black bear cub to a willow tree after a long exhausting chase with hounds. They called Roosevelt to the site and suggested that he should shoot it. He refused to shoot the bear, deeming this unsportsmanlike, but after personally releasing the rope that hold the cub, it was said that the little bear end up hopelessly trailing behind the President for some reasons, and so, instead of being killed as a trophy, Theodore Roosevelt decides that he would adopt this bear as his pet instead, naming him as 'Pooh'. The news of the President having a pet bear become the topic of a political cartoon by Clifford Berryman in the Washington Post on November 16, 1902. The image of Roosevelt holding a cute bear cub on his arms being immortalized as one of the most well known political cartoon in early 20th century.
Morris Michtom saw the drawing of Roosevelt and was inspired to create a toy bear out of the Cartoon. He created a tiny soft bear cub and sent that bear to Roosevelt, asking his permission to use his name for the toy, that would be christened as Teddy Bear. Roosevelt did gave his permission for the toyline, but after enjoying some intial success, the public started to equate Teddy Bear not with a cute tiny cub, but the big 500 pounds Black Bear, 'The Pooh' who receive much publicity due too his role as unofficial greeter at the White House during Roosevelt's Presidency.
Now, while plush animal toys is still being common household item, plush bears are rarity compared to other animals. With this in mind, what if the "Teddy Bear" end up being a commercial success at the first place?
...
OOC : The POD is, ironically, Roosevelt end up adopting the bear instead of ordering to 'put it out of his misery'.