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Arthur Prochnow 1886 - 1966

Arthur Prochnow of Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin was born on January 10, 1886, and died at age 80 years old in June 1966.

Arthur Prochnow

Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin 53216

January 10, 1886

June 1966

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In 1886, in the year that Arthur Prochnow was born, on May 4th, a general strike began in Chicago. Workers were striking for an 8 hour workday and in protest of the killing - by police - of several workers the day before. When an unknown person threw a dynamite bomb, the strike became violent. Seven policemen were killed as well as 4 civilians. It became known as the Haymarket Riot and eventually resulted in an 8 hourwork day as well as commemorations on May 1st for worker's rights.

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In 1904, Arthur was 18 years old when the "Teddy's Bear" was first produced. After seeing a political cartoon of President Teddy Roosevelt refusing to kill a clubbed and tied up bear, Jewish Russian immigrant Morris Michtom - who owned a candy shop and sold stuffed animals that he and his wife made at night at the store - made a "Teddy's Bear" and put it in his shop's window. The stuffed bears were an immediate success and Michtom and his wife went on to found the Ideal Novelty and Toy Co.

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