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Teddy Roosevelt and the teddy bear origin tale
A Washington Post cartoon in 1902 sparked the teddy bear tale. Roosevelt’s reluctant bear encounter inspired Morris Michtom to name stuffed bears Teddy and found the Ideal Toy Co, paralleling Steiff’s early bears and their White House dinner fame.
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Cliff Berryman
Washington Post
Teddy Bear
Teddy Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Brooklyn
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Morris Michtom
Teddy
Teddy.” Mr. Michtom
Ideal Toy Co
Steiff Toy Company
Germany
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