President Theodore Roosevelt, often known as Teddy, went on a bear hunting ... Taking inspiration from the depiction of the black bear in Berryman’s cartoon, the Michtoms created a stuffed ...

If ‘Teddy Bear,’ why not ‘Billy Possum’?” That was the question posed by a political cartoon in the January 10, 1909, issue ...

In November 1902, President Theodore ... in Roosevelt’s entourage wanted the president to shoot the bear, but he refused on the grounds of sportsmanship. Clifford Berryman published a cartoon ...