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John Russum 1884 - 1972

John Russum of Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware was born on July 7, 1884, and died at age 87 years old in April 1972.

John Russum

Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware 19801

July 7, 1884

April 1972

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In 1884, in the year that John Russum was born, on December 6th, the Washington Monument was completed. Building began in 1848 but was stopped because of lack of funds and also due to the Civil War. It would be dedicated in 1885. At the time of its completion, it was the tallest structure in the world.

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In 1904, he was 20 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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