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Bears Roosevelt Postcards (22) 1906-09 [184916]

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Bears Roosevelt Postcards (22) 1906-09 [184916]
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A group of 22 postcards that came from sets of Roosevelt Bears, c1906-09. The numbered postcards included are as follows: No. 1, The Roosevelt Bears at Home (5); No. 3, The Roosevelt Bears in a Sleeping Car (2); No. 4, The Roosevelt Bears on a Farm (2); No. 5, The Roosevelt Bears at a Country School (2); No. 6, The Roosevelt Bears at the County Fair (1); No. 7, The Roosevelt Bears Leaving the Balloon (1); No. 8, The Roosevelt Bears at the Tailor's (1); No. 10, The Roosevelt Bears at Niagara Falls (2); No. 12, The Roosevelt Bears Take an Auto Ride (1); No. 13, The Roosevelt Bears at Harvard (1); No. 14, The Roosevelt Bears on the Iceberg (1); No. 15, The Roosevelt Bears in New York City (2); No. 32, The Roosevelt Bears at Washington (1).
The Teddy Bear craze began in 1902 when it was popularized that Roosevelt, a big game hunter, let a bear go that had been tied to a tree for him to shoot. V. Floyd Campbell was the illustrator for the original 1906 postcards. R. K. Culver illustrated the original 1907 postcards in this series. [] [] [] [] []