| Even if you did not own "Teddy" as a kid,
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| | to make a stuffed animal, a bear, in
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| you most certainly had at least one
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| | honor of the president's actions. They
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| stuffed animal that you carried around or
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| | named the bear "Teddy's bear," denoting
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| described your day to when you got back
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| | the close relationship between President
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| home. Today, if you walk across a window
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| | Roosevelt and the saved animal. Their
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| shopping area and your eye catches
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| | sweet, innocent small stuffed bear became
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| "Teddy" looking at you from behind the
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| | an instant hit and the Michtoms founded
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| glass, you will probably feel the
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| | the first teddy bear manufacturing
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| inclination to get inside the store and
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| | company in the United States, named Ideal
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| touch its fur. Perhaps you will even buy
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| | Novelty and Toy Company.
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| the staffed animal, even if you have no
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| | At the same time, literally, a former art
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| kid to give it to, since some teddy bears
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| | student, Richard Steiff, made a prototype
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| have become expensive collector's items.
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| | of a toy bear that was based on Richard's
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| The teddy bear made its entrance in late
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| | designs. When a few months later he
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| 1902, appearing in the same year in two
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| | introduced his first bear, an American
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| different countries: Germany and the
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| | toy buyer, who was aware of the interest
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| United States. According to the story,
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| | in teddy bears in U.S., ordered 3,000 and
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| while President Theodore Roosevelt was at
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| | brought Steiff in the States offering him
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| Mississippi to help settle a boarder
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| | the opportunity of a life time.
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| dispute between that state and Louisiana,
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| | After years of mass-production, the teddy
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| his hosts wanting to please this avid
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| | bear comeback was initiated by a British
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| hunter took him bear hunting. But since
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| | actor, Peter Bull, who in 1969 publicly
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| the hunting was poor, when they finally
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| | declared his love for teddy bears and his
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| managed to capture a bear, the
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| | belief in this stuffed animal's
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| President's hosts invited him to shoot
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| | importance in the emotional life of
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| the poor animal. Roosevelt's refusal to
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| | adults. Since then, collectors have been
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| shoot the unprotected animal, was
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| | purchasing the hand-made teddy bears and
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| illustrated by Clifford Berrymnan's in
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| | in 1999, in just the United States,
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| one of his cartoons, titled "Drawing the
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| | collectors purchased $411 million worth
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| Line in Mississippi." After it's
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| | of teddy bears. In addition, the ongoing
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| publication in the Washington Post on
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| | interest in this lovely stuffed animal by
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| November 16, 1902, a number of people
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| | kids and adults, will keep its legend
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| were inspired by the image and Morris and
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| | alive for years to come.
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| Rose Michtom from Brooklyn, NY, decided
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