The History Behind the Stuffed Animal Bear
Our Affordable
Toy Stores have one set of products that fly off the shelves, and that
is the teddy bear. We were curious as to how teddy bears came to be. It especially
got me wondering as my roommate still takes his Teddy, back from his early
years to bed with him!
The first Teddy Bear was originally
inspired by the 26th President of the United States of America,
Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt Jr. It was officially made by Rose and Morris
Michtom, but was inspired by a certain hunting incident, involving Roosevelt
and Clifford Berryman and here’s what happened;|
On November 14th, 1902 President
Roosevelt travelled to Mississippi to settle an argument over bordering lands
between Mississippi and Louisiana. Whilst there a hunting trip was arranged and
as a surprise, the hunting team tied a
black bear cub to a tree for the President to shoot. However, refusing
Roosevelt did not want to shoot the defenceless bear. Word had spread back to
town, and local political cartoonist, Clifford Berryman drew an illustration.
Which displayed Roosevelt, refusing to hurt the little bear combined with a
witty caption reading ‘Drawing the line in Mississippi'. Which cleverly referred to both the hunting
incident as well as the borderland dispute.
The cartoon shown in the paper sparked the
imagination of the country as well as a shopkeeper in Brooklyn New York, Morris
Michtom. He requested his wife Rose, to make two stuffed bears and display them
in his shop window. So, with her delicate yet superb skills they were made and
placed in the shop window, as requested. The popularity of these beautifully
made stuffed bears with little black shoe buttons for eyes engaged the nation.
Morris also desired to share the success with the origin of his idea. So, he
asked Roosevelt if he could name them after him, to which he agreed and thus
the Teddy Bear was born!
Today we have many Bear
Stuffed Animals, from Mickey
Mouse Toys for Toddlers to other soft toys for babies. Again, a huge thanks
to Christine Davidson, the other inspiration for this article was due to her
question about; ‘Where do stuffed bears come from?’ I think she might have
meant where in the world – in short, they mainly come from China! But we hope
you enjoyed this trip into history anyway!
For more information be sure to check out
the inspiration behind this week’s blog at https://www.imahero.com/is/teddybear/history.html
where there are hundreds of interesting content to be explored about over 200
years of the Teddy Bear’s existence! Tune in next week where we will be
exploring the production of these amazing stuffed toys! Remember to follow us
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