The first Teddy Bear was sold in a New York candy store in 1902. Morris Michtom came up with the stuffed animal idea after seeing political cartoonist Clifford K. Berryman's Teddy Roosevelt bear hunting cartoon. Michtom sent Roosevelt his new Teddy Bear creation and asked permission to use the teddy bear name. Within a year, Teddy Bears were being mass produced.
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