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 ...
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How a Stuffed Animal Named Billy Possum Tried—and Failed—to Replace the Teddy Bear as America's National ToyIf ‘Teddy Bear,’ why not ‘Billy Possum’?” That was the question posed by a political cartoon in the January 10, 1909, issue ...
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 ...
Billy Possum’s first stop was Broadway. Anna Held performing with teddy bears in 1906 or 1907 Folger ... in mixing toys and politics,” Richard Steiff, the nephew of the company’s founder ...
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