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Teddy Bear History

For many of us, it is difficult to remember our childhood without at least a cuddly teddy bear perched somewhere in our rooms or having a part to play in our growing up. Yet what has caused the use of a teddy bear to bring comfort to a child and where teddy bears come from?

In 1902 the teddy bear was invented simultaneously in Germany and United States. The story behind the development of lint in America, has been attributed to U.S. President Roosevelt president. Chairman was hunting in Mississippi, which was not `t going well, until someone in the party took and tied a bear. The Chair then been invited to draw the bear, however, the President has refused to add "spare the bear, I will not shoot a captive animal. "A caricature was later published in the Washington Post. That same month Brooklyn shopkeepers Morris and Rose Michtom, decided that they would bear in Teddy, in honor of their president. The bear was called "Teddy Bear" and was displayed in their window. The bear has become a immediate success, with its soft and cuddly design. The Michtoms then make a fortune with the aid of the teddy bear by the Ideal Novelty and Toy Company and President himself had found an effective political mascot.

In Giengen, Germany, Margarete Steiff was the owner of a toy company plush. Her nephew Richard Steiff, who was a former art student, who enjoyed drawing cubs at the zoo in Stuttgart, designed a moon that his aunt as a prototype. The Steiff introduced its first bear to Toy Fair and an American buyer ordered 3,000, seizing on the popularity bear was before the United States.

Many manufacturers of teddy bears began to appear during this period of boom, with U.S. automakers teddy bear face stiff competition from German manufacturers, due to the fact that Germany had created a toy manufacturing industry. England JK Farnell & Co. has begun to establish themselves and one of the most famous bear "Winnie The Pooh" was originally a Farnell bear.

Despite the First World War, industry bear was still in good health, however, with the onset of World War II, the factories were used to make weapons and not stuffed bears. Between 1950 and 1970 `s` s, established producers bear Teddy began to struggle with their high quality, hand finished suits, when competing against cheap imports from the Far East. However, a savior was in the way a British actor, Peter Bull. Peter Bull has appeared in such films as Dr. Strangelove, Oliver Twist and Scrooge to name a few, had an interest in bears and has openly admitted his love for them. This led him to write a book on his affection for the teddy bear, which helped pave the resurgence of plush.

Today, antique teddy bears, such as manufactured by Steiff is highly desirable and can be sometimes be seen making an appearance in auctions of toys. In 1994, Christie's Auction House sold a Steiff teddy bear called Teddy Girl "which sold for $ 176,000. It was estimated that in 1999 the United States alone 441 million dollars were spent on teddy bears for collectors.

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