Object Details
- Creator
- Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
- Berryman, Clifford, 1869-1949
- Subject
- Roosevelt, Theodore
- Place of publication, production, or execution
- Other
- Physical Description
- Letter : 1 p. : signed ; 23 x 19 cm.
- Summary
- The original "Teddy Bear" in a 1902 cartoon for the Washington Evening Star (48140 bytes) Berryman created the original "Teddy Bear" in a 1902 cartoon for the Washington Post. The cartoon, captioned "Drawing the Line in Mississippi," showed Roosevelt unable to gun down a wooly bear cub. This letter acknowledges his public identity with the little bear.
- Citation
- Theodore Roosevelt. Theodore Roosevelt, Washington, D.C. letter to Clifford Berryman, Washington, D.C., 1902 Dec. 29. Berryman family papers, 1829-1984. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
- Use Note
- Current copyright status is undetermined
- Location Note
- Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C. 20560
- 1902 Dec. 29
- Record number
- (DSI-AAA)581
- Type
- Correspondence
- See more items in
- Berryman family papers, 1829-1984, bulk 1882-1961
- Archives of American Art
- Record ID
- AAADCD_item_581
