2006-07-11 20:44:37 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Teddy Bears began with the American President ‘Teddy’ Roosevelt, who was fond of hunting. One day he found a bear cub which had lost his mother and his kindness to the cub was noticed by a newspaper cartoonist. Afterwards Teddy Roosevelt went to a wedding and, at the reception, was given some toy bears. He was delighted and someone suggested they be called ‘Teddy Bears’, after Teddy Roosevelt. Soon toymakers were making a great many toy bears for children all over the world
2006-07-11 20:47:58 · answer #1 · answered by Pyara_sweet_abhi 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Morris Michtom and his wife Rose displayed two stuffed bears in the window of their Brooklyn store shortly thereafter (February 15, 1903), and said they had received President Roosevelt's written permission to call them "Teddy's bears".
German toy maker Margarete Steiff had started to produce stuffed toy animals in 1880; the first one was a little elephant. Her nephew Richard Steiff convinced her to produce a toy bear cub in 1902. It was not very popular in the German Empire, but at the March 1903 Leipzig Toy Fair they were able to sell a shipment of 3,000 to an American merchant. Michtom's bear had a more endearing, baby-faced appearance, while Steiff's more closely resembled a real bear cub. The Steiff company continues to produce teddy bears in modern Germany for worldwide export.
The Dakin Company and Applause are two American companies based in California known for production of large volume and high quality plush bears.
2006-07-12 06:14:34 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The US President at the turn of the last century ... Theodore Roosevelt. He lent his name to the now famous "Teddy Bear".
2006-07-12 03:48:56 · answer #3 · answered by eggman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are named after Theodore Roosavelt.
2006-07-12 03:48:26 · answer #4 · answered by Jamps 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋