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Martha Keithan 1904 - 1973

Martha Keithan of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan was born on August 16, 1904, and died at age 68 years old in May 1973.
Martha Keithan
Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan 49001
August 16, 1904
May 1973
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Martha Keithan's History: 1904 - 1973

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    1904

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    August 16, 1904
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  • 05/dd
    1973

    Death

    May 1973
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    Martha Keithan lived 8 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 68.
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In 1904, in the year that Martha Keithan 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 1927, at the age of 23 years old, Martha was alive when the first "talkie" (a movie with music, songs, and talking), The Jazz Singer, was released. Al Jolson starred as a cantor's son who instead of following in his father's footsteps as expected, becomes a singer of popular songs. Banished by his father, they reconcile on his father's deathbed. It was a tear-jerker and audiences went wild - especially when they heard the songs. Thus begun the demise of silent films and the rise of "talkies".
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