History of Teddy Bear
History of Teddy Bears
From the 1900s to this day, the inquiry about who actually fashioned the first
teddy bear is still debated.
In any case, the teddy bear remains a national
obsession.
In 1903, Steiff created 12,000 bears.
Teddy...
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History of Teddy Bear
History of Teddy Bears
From the 1900s to this day, the inquiry about who actually fashioned the first
teddy bear is still debated.
In any case, the teddy bear remains a national
obsession.
In 1903, Steiff created 12,000 bears.
Teddy manufacturers
sprang up everywhere.
Textbook author Seymour Eaton, under the
pseudonym Paul Piper, wrote a humorous poem called "The Roosevelt
Bears" that appeared each week in newspapers around the country and
followed the frolics of "Teddy-B and Teddy-G.
Eaton also published a series of books about the bears.
"Teddy bears are all
the rage," read an ad in the 1908 Sears, Roebuck catalog.
Bears of all
kinds--plaid bears, fuzzy bears, Viking bears--perch on every available
surface.
How about a bear with a hood with curlers on it and fuzzy slippers
and a robe? It s there too.
And today Vermont Teddy Bears Most of Vermont Teddy s customers are
men sending Bear-Grams.
Customized Bear-Grams can cost up to $300
apiece.
Although th
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