Clifford K Berryman, (1869-1949), was a famous political cartoonist who worked for the Washington Star from 1902-1949. He won the Pulitzer Prize in 1944 for a cartoon on manpower mobilization. His son, James T. Berryman (1902-1971), won the Pulitzer for his 1950 cartoon, "All Set for a Super-Secret Session in Washington."

Clifford Berryman was the source of the cartoon that created the term "teddybear." The name derives from a bear-hunting trip in Sharkey County, Mississippi in 1902, when Roosevelt's tracker found and caught an old injured bear. Roosevelt refused to kill the lassoed animal, calling it "unsportsmanlike," and "Teddy's Bear" was immediately publicized by political cartoonists, taking journalistic licence and changing it to a young and cute animal. Clifford Berryman, immortalized the incident as part of a front-page cartoon montage. Berryman pictured Roosevelt with his gun beside him with the butt resting on the ground and his back to the bear, gesturing his refusal to take the trophy shot. Written across the lower part of the cartoon were the words "Drawing the Line in Mississippi," which coupled the hunting incident to a political dispute.

Medium : 1 drawing :

Created/Published : October of 1909 or 1910

Creator : Clifford K. Berryman, artist, 1869-1949

Part of the Cartoon Drawing Collection housed in the Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress

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