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Letus Ashcraft 1904 - 1984

Letus Ashcraft of Natchez, Adams County, Mississippi was born on May 24, 1904, and died at age 79 years old in March 1984.
Letus Ashcraft
Natchez, Adams County, Mississippi 39120
May 24, 1904
March 1984
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  • 05/24
    1904

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    May 24, 1904
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  • 03/dd
    1984

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    March 1984
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In 1904, in the year that Letus Ashcraft 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 1942, at the age of 38 years old, Letus was alive when on November 28th at 10:15p, a nightclub in Boston, the Cocoanut Grove, caught fire. The origins of the fire are unknown but it killed 492 people - the deadliest nightclub fire in U.S. history. Hundreds more were injured. The disaster was so shocking that it replaced World War II in the headlines and lead to reforms in safety standards and codes.
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