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Orvil Barker 1888 - 1963

Orvil Barker of Illinois was born on September 8, 1888, and died at age 75 years old in November 1963.
Orvil Barker
Illinois
September 8, 1888
November 1963
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Orvil Barker's History: 1888 - 1963

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  • 09/8
    1888

    Birthday

    September 8, 1888
    Birthdate
    Unknown
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  • 11/dd
    1963

    Death

    November 1963
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
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    Orvil Barker lived 2 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 75.
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In 1888, in the year that Orvil Barker was born, Irishman John Robert Gregg published a pamphlet in the U.S., teaching his first version of shorthand - Gregg shorthand. When he improved on the first version and published it 5 years later, Gregg shorthand became popular.
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In 1904, Orvil was 16 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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