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How a Stuffed Animal Named Billy Possum Tried—and Failed—to Replace the Teddy Bear as America's National Toy
That was the question posed by a political cartoon in the January 10 ... that the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce was hosting for incoming President William Howard Taft, the cartoon told the teddy bear to ...
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How a Stuffed Animal Named Billy Possum Tried—and Failed—to Replace the Teddy Bear as America’s National Toy
A 1909 political cartoon about Billy Possum versus the ... A "possum and taters" dinner served to incoming President William Howard Taft in January 1909 Public domain via Wikimedia Commons Both ...