Did you
have a special name for your teddy bear?
I did
not, or, at least, I don’t remember one. My teddy bear was nearly as big as me,
as I recall my earliest memory of that huggable creature.
He got
all scruffy with age, and a bit broken down….nonetheless, I think I cried when
I spotted that bear in flames in the trash burner we used way back then. I
think I wanted to save him, but I don’t think the rescue actually occurred.
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| 1903 teddy bear |
Anyway.
Your great-grandmom likely didn’t have one, because retailer Morris Michtom introduced the stuffed bear toy in 1903 after getting approval from President
Roosevelt (Teddy) for the use of his nickname in the soon-to-be-quite-popular commercial
sensation.
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