The history of the Teddy Bear - Part I

It 'hard to imagine what life would be without the teddy bear. But it was not always so. Part 1 of this part of the story of three Teddy Bear Series 1900 is managed through the early years, starting from the beginning. What is interesting to note the history of the teddy bear is the fact that their fiscal year occurred in the same source in two different parts of the world. One United States of America during the presidency of Theodore Rooseveltand another in Germany. Here is the story teddy bear.

In early 1900, 1902 to be exact, a cartoonist Clifford Berryman drew under the name of a cartoon called "Drawing the Line in Mississippi." It was discovered then President Theodore Roosevelt, and refused to carry a baby, that his men to shoot captured and tied to a tree. According to history, Roosevelt traveled to Mississippi settlement of border disputes. To please the President, his hosts took him bear hunting;but because the hunting was so poor his people shoot a little bear being trapped and the bear tied to a tree for the president. Roosevelt refused. This story was later captured in comic form Berryman.

After his first appearance on the Washington Post, November 16, 1902, created a caricature of a sensation, and was later reprinted in other newspapers. Including a New York newspaper. Well, this cartoon inspired Morris and Rose Michtom create a bear in honor ofPresidents actions. Rose Michtom made a bear, called them "Teddy Bear" and put it in their shop, where he was sold immediately. Other bears were created and sold quickly. It was not long before Tom I could not keep up with demand. It 'was then that he founded the New Member and Ideal Toy Company, the manufacturer first Teddy bear in the United States. During his discovery, Michtom's wrote to the President and asked for permissionin honor of the name "Teddy" in her. The President agreed.

At the same time in Germany, Margarete Steiff's nephew was working in his toy business [Steiff] and had sketches of young bears who were at the zoo in Stuttgart. These designs have been used to create a prototype to bring toys. A number of months has introduced its first Steiff bear at the Leipzig Toy Fair. Although European buyers have shown limited interest, there has been a growing interest in "'s Teddy Bear" inAmerica, with the publicity surrounding the President and the bear. An American buyer ordered to be sent to America in 3000.

Since 1906, the United States of America was in the middle of a teddy bear mania. This could be similar to the Cabbage Patch doll craze in 1980 and the recent enthusiasm Beanie Baby 1990. An American composer JK Bratton created the soundtrack of the Teddy Bear Picnic texts to be provided with Jimmy Bratton. Teddybear adventure history books were written and created teddy bears bear maker who came in all shapes and sizes. s' The apostrophe '"passed by"' s Teddy Bear, and "Teddy Bear" has become the accepted term for this toy. Steiff, also took the World "Teddy Bear" for its products.

Other competitors jumped into the teddy bear get Forray production, but manynot last the test of time. With one exception Manufacturing Corporation, which began in 1906 and the Gund bears, nor today has created.

In 1926 in England, AA Milne, Christopher Robin Milne's father, to begin writing stories about his adventures with his son teddy bears and other stuffed animals. Father and son made many trips to London Zoo, and there fell in love "Winnie" a bear orphans. And Winnie the Pooh series was born.

HistoryTeddy Bear - Part II discuss the greatest years between 1920-1940