5) In 1902 in Giengen an der Brenz, northwest of Augsburg in Germany, the first teddy bear was created by Richard Steiff, a bear-admirer working in his Aunt Margarete's toy factory. 6) The drawing ...

In the mind of Reverend Michael Esper, teddy bears were public ... where plush toymaker Margarete Steiff peddled bears, elephants, and other animals. Her nephew, Richard, reportedly sketched ...

A pair of Steiff teddy bears which had to be X-rayed by a vet to check their rarity have been sold for £10,400. The rod-jointed toys named the Roosevelt Bears had been owned by one family since ...

Teddy’s Bear. Around the same time, Richard Steiff, a German toymaker working under his aunt Margarete Steiff’s company, designed a plush bear that became equally popular. These bears were ...