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Selma Gelles 1894 - 1983

Selma Gelles of Woodmere, Nassau County, NY was born on April 21, 1894, and died at age 89 years old in December 1983.

Selma Gelles
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Woodmere, Nassau County, NY 11598
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April 21, 1894
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December 1983
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Updated: October 3, 2011
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In 1894, in the year that Selma Gelles was born, large reserves of oil were discovered on the Osage Indian reservation in Oklahoma. Previously thought to be "useless" land - not even good for farming - the tribe had bought the land themselves. The discovery of oil made the Osage the "richest group of people in the world" at the time.
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In 1904, at the age of just 10 years old, Selma was alive 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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Gelles, Marilyn (May 14, 1931 - Feb 21, 2011) Gelles, Philip (Jun 15, 1901 - Jan 1980) Gelles, Gustave (Sep 21, 1900 - Nov 1956) Gelles, Sidney (Jan 9, 1916 - Jul 1986) Gelles, Evelyn (Jun 21, 1928 - Jun 8, 2011) Gelles, Grace (Aug 30, 1903 - Jul 8, 1993) Gelles, Lillian (Nov 25, 1904 - Sep 1, 2000) Gelles, Janet (Jan 28, 1939 - May 30, 2009) Gelles, Charles (Sep 27, 1889 - Sep 1971) Gelles, Lena (Jul 1886 - Apr 1974)
Gelles, Veronica (Oct 5, 1893 - Aug 1974) Gelles, Elizabeth (Jan 11, 1925 - Mar 29, 2001) Gelles, Max (Jun 10, 1889 - Dec 1984) Gelles, Jesse (Apr 8, 1918 - Dec 1976) Gelles, Abraham (Jan 8, 1907 - Dec 1988) Gelles, Arthur (Oct 7, 1909 - Sep 1984) Gelles, Herbert (Jan 31, 1929 - Oct 28, 2000) Gelles, Alice (Feb 25, 1920 - Jun 1980) Gelles, Kitty (Sep 2, 1905 - Dec 1, 2002) Gelles, Veronica (Jan 19, 1952 - Sep 6, 2000)
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