History of the Teddy Bear

In the world of plush toys, one character reigns supreme: the teddy bear. He’s been around for just over 100 years, and has gone through many transformations and adjustments in his time, but he still claims the stuffed animal throne.

The teddy bear came into being in 1902 when President Theodore Roosevelt refused to shoot a bear that had been tethered to a tree on a hunting trip. Almost immediately afterward, two Brooklyn shopkeepers created a small, plush bear they called “Teddy’s bear.” The bear was instantly popular, and the teddy bear phenomenon took off. Over the next 100 years, the style and look of the bear changed, it went through periods of popularity and even a few decades where it fell out of favor. But “Teddy’s bear” has always landed on top, and remains one of the most popular plush toys of all time.

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