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Martha Crees 1904 - 2003

Martha Crees of Cedar Falls, Black Hawk County, IA was born on October 7, 1904, and died at age 98 years old on January 3, 2003.
Martha Crees
Cedar Falls, Black Hawk County, IA 50613
October 7, 1904
January 3, 2003
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  • 10/7
    1904

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    October 7, 1904
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  • 01/3
    2003

    Death

    January 3, 2003
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In 1904, in the year that Martha Crees 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 1915, Martha was merely 11 years old when The Birth of a Nation opened in February. A silent film, it was the most ambitious film to date and is considered a classic. Three hours long, it starred Lillian Gish and was directed by D. W. Griffith. The movie was based on the book The Clansman and told the story of two families (one pro-Union and one pro-Confederate) and their relationship during the Civil War and Reconstruction. The KKK was shown as "a heroic force".
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