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3" x 2-1/2" refrigerator magnet featuring illustration from a 1906-7 series, The Roosevelt Bears (aka the "Teddy Bear Books"), written by Seymour Eaton (1859-1916) and illustrated by V. Floyd Campbell.
Teddy B. and Teddy G. play with organ grinders monkey.
Eaton was a teacher turned writer/newspaper columnist. His involvement with bears began with the "Teddy Bear Jingles" that appeared in Ladies Home Journal magazines, under the pen name, Paul Piper. Strips about Teddy B. and Teddy G. appeared in 20 newspapers in 1906, including the NY Times, and were published as a book the following year by E. Stern. Rather extensive Googling failed to produce information about artist V. Floyd Campbell. I could not learn the artist's first name and the single reference to his death in 1906 was vague. Vince? Vergil?
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