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Earl Downs 1904 - 1987

Earl Downs of Cody, Park County, Wyoming was born on March 13, 1904, and died at age 83 years old in April 1987.
Earl Downs
Cody, Park County, Wyoming 82414
March 13, 1904
April 1987
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Earl Downs' History: 1904 - 1987

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    1904

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    March 13, 1904
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  • 04/dd
    1987

    Death

    April 1987
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    Earl Downs lived 11 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 83.
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In 1904, in the year that Earl Downs was born, 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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In 1920, at the age of 16 years old, Earl was alive when on November 2, radio station KDKA began broadcasting in Pittsburgh, PA. This was the first commercial radio broadcast in the United States. Westinghouse, a leading manufacturer of radios and the backer of the station, chose the date because of the Presidential election. People liked it because they could hear about the results of the election between Harding and Cox before the morning papers arrived. Four years later, there were 600 commercial stations broadcasting in the U.S.
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