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Ralph E Amend 1904 - 1988

Ralph E Amend of Des Moines, Polk County, IA was born on May 2, 1904, and died at age 84 years old on October 1, 1988.

Ralph E Amend

Des Moines, Polk County, IA 50312

May 2, 1904

October 1, 1988

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In 1904, in the year that Ralph E Amend 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 1917, at the age of only 13 years old, Ralph was alive when it is believed that a worldwide influenza pandemic began in Asia. By 1920, it is estimated that 50 - 100 million died throughout the world (3 - 5% of the population). In the U.S. alone, 500,000 perished from what came to be called the Spanish Flu or the 1918 flu.

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