The first official Teddy Bear! Named for President Theodore Roosevelt, the original Teddy bear can be found at the National Museum of Natural History

The History of the Teddy Bear!

The teddy bear has not always been available to children. In 1902, Teddy Roosevelt refused to hunt a bear in Mississippi.  A cartoonist named Clifford Berryman drew a cartoon depicting the scene in Mississippi. It caused an immediate sensation and was reprinted widely. Apparently this cartoon even inspired Morris and Rose Michtom of Brooklyn, New York, to make a bear in honor of the president's actions. They named the stuffed toy "the Teddy Bear."  "Teddy's Bear" made a hit with the buying public. In fact, the demand was so strong that the Michtoms, with the help of a wholesale firm called Butler Brothers, founded the first teddy bear manufacturer in the United States, the Ideal Novelty and Toy Company. By 1906, the teddy bear craze was in full swing in the United States

Some Memorable Teddy Bears from our pasts!

Some teddy bears touch our lives!

Corduroy bears and his journey to find his missing overall button!

Winnie the Pooh and his hundred acre woods adventures!

Paddington Bear and Paddington Station!

The Berenstain Bears and their family adventures!

Edith and her teddy bear friends from the Lonely Doll series