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Adolphe Fontaine 1886 - 1973

Adolphe Fontaine of Yakima, Yakima County, Washington was born on September 18, 1886, and died at age 86 years old in January 1973.
Adolphe Fontaine
Yakima, Yakima County, Washington 98902
September 18, 1886
January 1973
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    1886

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    September 18, 1886
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    1973

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    January 1973
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    Adolphe Fontaine lived 13 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 86.
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In 1886, in the year that Adolphe Fontaine was born, on May 4th, a general strike began in Chicago. Workers were striking for an 8 hour workday and in protest of the killing - by police - of several workers the day before. When an unknown person threw a dynamite bomb, the strike became violent. Seven policemen were killed as well as 4 civilians. It became known as the Haymarket Riot and eventually resulted in an 8 hourwork day as well as commemorations on May 1st for worker's rights.
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In 1904, at the age of 18 years old, Adolphe 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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