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Carl F Gerdes 1904 - 1997

Carl F Gerdes of Wilmot, Roberts County, SD was born on August 15, 1904, and died at age 92 years old on May 15, 1997.
Carl F Gerdes
Wilmot, Roberts County, SD 57279
August 15, 1904
May 15, 1997
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  • 08/15
    1904

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    August 15, 1904
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  • 05/15
    1997

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    May 15, 1997
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    Carl F Gerdes lived 17 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 92.
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In 1904, in the year that Carl F Gerdes was born, 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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In 1911, Carl was merely 7 years old when the first Indianapolis 500 was run in May. Ray Harroun was the winner - he was an engineer and had retired from racing but he came back for this race. After the race, he retired for good. The purse was $27,550 - the largest offered up to that time - and Harroun received $10,000 for first place. His average time was 74.602 mph.
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