The origins of the teddy bear involve President Theodore Roosevelt, a bear hunt, a political cartoon, and the owner of a ...

When avid hunter Teddy Roosevelt wanted to hunt an American black bear, his African American guide was one of Mississippi’s most storied hunters.

Discover How President Theodore Roosevelt Inspired the World’s First Teddy Bear, Which Went on Sale on This Day in 1903 The unlikely origin story of the beloved children’s toy involves a ...

Berryman's cartoon soon became well known throughout the United States and inspired Brooklyn candy store owners Rose and Morris Michtom to make the first stuffed bear toy, which they appropriately ...

The Library of Congress' photographic reproduction of Clifford Kennedy Berryman's political cartoon in the Washington Post satirizing President Theodore Roosevelt's purported refusal to shoot a ...

The first "Teddy bear" was put on sale on this day in history, Feb. 15, 1903. Named after President Theodore Roosevelt, the stuffed bear was first sold by Morris Michtom, a Brooklyn, New York ...

That decision, memorialized in a political cartoon, led a New York toymaker to create a stuffed bear and name it “Teddy’s Bear,” which later became known as the teddy bear.

The legend of the Teddy Bear's being named for President Theodore Roosevelt is true, though it didn't originate on Louisiana's side of the Mississippi River delta.