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 100 th Anniversary of the Teddy Bear Plate $2.50 Time Remaining: 20d 1h 39m Buy It Now for only: $2.50 |
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 Franklin Mint Sue Willis FRIENDS ARE FUR EVER Teddy Bear Oval Collector Plate $6.99 Time Remaining: 2d 29m |
 COLLECTOR PLATE Carol Lawson TEDDY BEAR OUTING $17.10 Time Remaining: 13h 57m Buy It Now for only: $17.10 |
 Collector Plate Teddy Bear Fair Carol Lawson Franklin Mint Limited Ed Porcelain $24.99 Time Remaining: 27d 3h 44m Buy It Now for only: $24.99 |
 100th Anniversary of the Teddy Bear 2002 Collectors Plate $9.99 Time Remaining: 10d 7h 58m Buy It Now for only: $9.99 |
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 TEDDY BEAR COTTAGE ROYAL DOULTON PLATE $7.80 Time Remaining: 3d 48m |
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 Decorative Hanging Plates From England Royal Vale Set of 2 Teddy Bears $20.00 Time Remaining: 4d 7h 54m |
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 Teddy Bear Kitty The Partys Over Sue Willis Collector Plate Franklin Mint COA $34.20 Time Remaining: 28d 22h 35m Buy It Now for only: $34.20 |
 Lovable Teddies BEDTIME BLUES Collector Plate COA Bear $14.94 Time Remaining: 20d 22h 20m Buy It Now for only: $14.94 |
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 100th Anniversary of the Teddy Bear 7 3 4 Collectors Plate 1902 2002 $9.99 Time Remaining: 26d 15h 58m Buy It Now for only: $9.99 |
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 Vintage James Kent Old Foley Teddy Bear Picnic Child Plate Made in England $19.99 Time Remaining: 4d 19h 21m |
 Just Married Collector Plate Franklin Mint COA Teddy Bear Museum Patricia Brooks $31.50 Time Remaining: 28d 23h 41m Buy It Now for only: $31.50 |
 Carol Lawson Teddy Bear Picnic $3.95 Time Remaining: 9d 7h 49m Buy It Now for only: $3.95 |
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 100th anniversary of the teddy bear plate 2002 $5.99 Time Remaining: 28d 19h 5m Buy It Now for only: $5.99 |
 A Teddy Bear Picnic plate by Carol Lawson $9.99 Time Remaining: 2d 11h 2m Buy It Now for only: $9.99 |
 Teddy Bear Story Time For Teddies Mike Landon Collector Plate Franklin Mint COA $34.20 Time Remaining: 28d 22h 42m Buy It Now for only: $34.20 |
 carousel horse plate from crestley collection teddy bear fair $10.00 Time Remaining: 5d 6h 52m |
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 Teddys First Christmas Collector Plate Franklin Mint COA Sarah Bengry Bear $34.20 Time Remaining: 28d 23h 45m Buy It Now for only: $34.20 |
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 Pair of Teddy Bear Plates Little Bear Collection in Box $14.99 Time Remaining: 23d 8h 45m Buy It Now for only: $14.99 |
 Teddy Bear Wedding C Lawson collector plate $8.99 Time Remaining: 22d 1h 40m Buy It Now for only: $8.99 |
 FRANKLIN MINT PORCELAIN COLLECTORS PLATE TEDDY BEAR BEDTIME STORY $4.99 Time Remaining: 6d 6h 3m |
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 Teddys Bears COLLECTORS PLATE $5.00 Time Remaining: 5d 21h 28m |
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 Relief Teddy Bear Plate 95 Ceramic No ID Hand Painted $13.00 Time Remaining: 7d 1h 34m Buy It Now for only: $13.00 |
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 Teddy Bear Sewing Circle Collector Plate Franklin Mint COA $34.20 Time Remaining: 28d 23h 23m Buy It Now for only: $34.20 |
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How The Teddy Bear Got His Name
In 1902, the famous Steiff Company of Germany invented the great teddy bear that the world has come to love and to cherish. However, do we know how the Teddy got his name ?
We all know that the teddy bear was invented by Richard Steiff and that originally he was referred to as Petsy (after Meister Petz, an old fashioned term for a bruin). The name 'Teddy' however, came from the United States from Theodore Roosevelt (1858 - 1919), who was known as 'Teddy' to his friends.
Roosevelt as a child suffered from asthma and as a young man, possibly because of his weakened childhood, became a bit of a fitness fanatic. After studying at Harvard, he spent some time working on a cattle ranch in Dakota. He soon became a rather dedictaed big-game hunter. Roosevelt's great passion for hunting was very well known and indeed, by the time he became President he had even written a number of books on the subject.
In November 1902, (funnily enough the same year the teddy bear was invented by Steiff), Roosevelt travelled to South America to arbitrate a dispute between the states of Louisiana and Mississipi. Of course, whilst there he went on a bear hunting trip. After days of hunting, Roosevelt still had no kill and so on the 14 November 1902, the hosts of his hunt searched for a bear for him to shoot, as they simply could not let him return home without a trophy. Eventually they found an old bear which they then tethered up for the President to shoot. Roosevelt however, refused to shoot the bear.
This incidence was reported by Clifford K. Berryman, who was a cartoonist for the famous Washington Post. He drew a cartoon of Roosevelt and the bear and called it 'Drawing the Line in Mississipi'. This cartoon depicted Roosevelt with his hand raised, refusing to shoot the bear. Just two days later this cartoon was printed in the Washington Post and it immediately attracted major publicity. Clifford K. Berryman also drew a portrait of Roosevelt and a small bear, next to this sketch Berryman wrote 'Teddy Bear Nov. 1902', so this makes it more than likely that Berryman first came up with the term 'Teddy' Bear. However, no-one is really certain who actually came up with the name Teddy Bear as yet another version of this story is, Morris Michtom and his wife Rose, who ran a novelty store in Brooklyn, New York saw Berryman's cartoon and, the story goes, made a stuffed bear which they put in their shop window and beside this bear they placed a card which read 'Teddy's Bear'. It is said that almost immediately the bear sold and so did several others that Rose had made.
It is very difficult to know if the Michtoms' little bear resembled the bears produced by the Steiff Company in Germany as all Michtoms bears seem to have become lost. However, it seems highly unlikely that the Michtoms Bears were of the same design as those of Steiff or that they were even jointed, let alone jointed like the Steiff bears. Indeed there is no evidence to substantiate the Michtoms calling their bears 'Teddy'. A Brooklyn based company called Butler Brothers bought the right to use Michtoms Bears however, and this collaboration resulted in the start of the Ideal Novelty and Toy Company - the very first American teddy bear manufacturer.
Anyway, back to Roosevelt. The president was extremely quick to recognise the appeal of the teddy bear and so he used him as a mascot for the rest of his political life. The Ideal Novelty and Toy Co. actually produced some teddy bears to 'hand out' during the 1904 presidential Elections. These bears were only 15 cms tall and had rather large 'googly' eyes.
In 1906 the teddy bear became independent of Roosevelt when the term 'teddy bear' was used in the American trade journal Playthings. It was also during this year that the teddy bear craze really took off in the United States. In 1907, John Bratton wrote the famous 'Teddy Bears Picnic' (the lyrics were not added until 1930). This music was often played when Roosevelt entered official functions.
From then on, reports came in from all over the United States reporting that shops could simply not keep up with the enormous demand for these cuddly toys called Teddy Bears.
And the rest as they say - is HISTORY!
About the Author
Gino loves fast cars, especially fast italian cars. Gino also loves anything Italian. Gino also heads an old teddy bear site which is full of adorable old teddy bears and their friends.
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