‘A Bundle of Horridness’: The Great Teddy Bear Panic of 1907
The teddy bear emerged out of a presidency. In November 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt was on a bear hunting excursion in Mississippi at the invitation of its governor, Andrew Longino. Roosevelt, ...
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Steiff teddy bears X-rayed at vets sell for £10,400
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 ...
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‘A Bundle of Horridness’: The Great Teddy Bear Panic of 1907
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 ...