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Photographer: Theodore Roosevelt (courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution)
Caption: Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to cartoonist Clifford Berryman (click on image to enlarge)
Additional Description: "...Berryman created the original "Teddy Bear" in a 1902 cartoon for the Washington Post. The cartoon, captioned "Drawing the Line in Mississippi," showed Roosevelt unable to gun down a wooly bear cub. This letter acknowledges his public identity with the little bear."
Submitted: October 9, 2020.
Database Locator Identification Number: p542795
File Size: 0.076 Megabytes

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