Theodore Roosevelt, then U.S. Vice President, delivered a speech at the
Minnesota State Fair on September 2, 1901 in which included the famous phrase…”Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far”. He was referring
to the idea of negotiating peacefully, but carry a “big stick”, or the military, for
political power. The speech was made twelve days before the assassination
of President William McKinley, which subsequently thrust Roosevelt into  
the Presidency.

Betty Boop is an animated cartoon character created by Max Fleischer (below). She originally appeared in the Talkartoon and Betty Boop film series, which were produced
by Fleischer Studios and released by Paramount Pictures. She has also been featured
in comic strips and mass merchandising. Despite having been toned down in the mid-1930s to appear more modest, she became one of the most well-known and popular cartoon characters in the world. Betty Boop made her first appearance on August 9,
1930, in the cartoon Dizzy Dishes. Singer Helen Kane was the model for Boop.

Animator Max Fleischer

On August 3, 1933, the first Mickey Mouse watch was introduced by the Ingersoll Waterbury Clock Co. of Waterbury, Conn. and Walt Disney Productions at the
Chicago Exposition ‘Century of Progress’. The original Mickey Mouse watch was
priced at $3.25 and later lowered to $2.95. A pocket watch version (shown below)
was also made available around the same time for the price of $1.50.

Jay Waverly North is most remembered for his lead role in the CBS sitcom
Dennis the Menace which aired from 1959 to 1963. Jay was picked for the
lead role in the show by Hank Ketcham, creator of the Dennis the Menace
comic strip. Approximately five hundred hopefuls auditioned for the part. 

Jay North (as Dennis) shown with show co-stars Gloria Henry and
Herbert  Anderson who play his parents, Alice and Henry Mitchell.

Flowers and Trees is a 1932 Silly Symphonies cartoon produced by Walt Disney. It
was released to theaters by United Artists on July 30, 1932. The short was the first commercially released film to be produced in the full Technicolor process. Flowers
and Trees was a commercial and critical success, winning the first Academy Award
for Animated Short Subjects.