Teddy
Teddy bear is a stuffed teddy bear for children's play. It is a kind of plush toy with a long history. It is often used to comfort children's sad mood. In recent years, some teddy bears have become expensive collections. The world's first teddy bear museum was established in 1984 in Petersfield, Hampshire, England.
name
Teddy Bear, Chinese translation for teddy bears, but according to the United States local claims should be called Roosevelt bear. The teddy bear was named after the American President Theodore Roosevelt because Roosevelt's name was Teddy and he liked hunting. Teddy Bear is said to have its name derived from Roosevelt's 1902 hunting dog in Mississippi. At that time, the assistant found and captured a small Louisiana black bear. Roosevelt refused to kill the trapped bear and called it "unsportsmanlike". Then a political cartoonist quickly published a cartoon. Teddy's Bear. The first comic appeared on the second day, November 6. A Clifford K. Berryman, a cartoon editor of The Washington Post, recorded the incident in the form of a front page comic. Berryman painted bears sitting on the ground, Roosevelt carrying a gun, and his back to the bear, doing a gesture of refusing to kill his prey. At the bottom of the screen is the drawing "Drawing the Line in Mississippi", which links hunting and anecdotes to political disputes.
The development and popularity of teddy bears
Strictly speaking, the common stuffed bear toy we use is not a real teddy bear. Just as the car has different shapes, specifications, and brands, plush bears have different brands, styles, appearances, and even designers, there is no way to represent all bears with teddy bears. However, because teddy bears are really Too widely used, people often refer to all plush teddy bears as teddy bears.
In fact, as long as teddy bears appeared before, plush teddy bears already existed. Although there is no direct evidence to prove the origin and source of the earliest invention of the Teddy Bear, as early as the end of the 19th century, there were already signs of a teddy bear. In 1880, Berlin’s most popular toy was a wooden bear standing on a four-wheeler (on all fours is a toy car that can be taken around). At the same time, local bars in Moscow were also popular. A drinking bear manufactured by a self-winding (Drinking Bear, a wind-up bear toy, which can be used to drink and pour wine in a glass while holding a wine bottle, but also smokes and dances), which automatically drinks The teddy bear was very novel and popular at the time.
The most famous teddy bear manufacturing company, Steiff, in 1893, had also produced some upright, non-puppie bear toys with chains embedded in their noses, but these haven’t been christened for more than a hundred years. Teddy bears appear in a realistic image. They are not only visually more realistic, but they are also heavier and harder to feel. They need to develop the sense of the bear's limbs that can turn and look like bears, but also go through many materials that are long-lasting. , fillers and appearance evolved.
In fact, Teddy bear was originally an independent proper term. The most correct statement should be that only the bears made between 1903 and 1912 before the First World War, when President Roosevelt was appointed, can be called Teddy bear.
Teddy bear was born in 1903. It originated from President Roosevelt's love of the bear and the prevalence at that time. It can be said to be the old ancestor of the plush bear. It has a plump body and limbs, fluffy and thick angora wool, simple materials and spiracle, a simple and honest expression, and 100% manual sewing and stuffing operations. Whether it is from the United States or Europe, those spirits that have remained through ancient times still exist today.
However, this kind of real teddy bear, and even the so-called antique bear, are rare. Only in books, museums, or collector's homes do we have a glimpse of what they really are. However, these teddy bears that no longer returned, vintage trends and historical memories, as well as the concept of preservation of the value of auctions and collectors, have been revived, and there have been manufacturers re-opening molds to imitate replica bears of the time, or A retro bear toy that imitates old age.
The Story of Stamford Teddy Bear
Ms. Margaret Steve was born in Gierngen, a small town in southern Germany, in 1847. He was suffering from polio at the age of one and a half. She was destined to spend her life in a wheelchair but did not overthrow this lively and optimistic person. The little girl created her own flannel clothing store in 1879.
Teddy Bear In December 1879, in a magazine called "Modewelt," Ms. Margaret discovered a version of a toy elephant. She tried to give it to some friends. In 1883 she developed a small group of stuffed animals and added it to the catalogue of the original clothing exhibits. Steiff was officially registered on March 3, 1893. At the time, his turnover was 40,000 DM. His work partner had four employees. In 1897, with the help of her brother Fritz, the number of employees increased to 10, The annual turnover even increased to 90,000 yuan mark.
In 1894, Steiff formally entered the exhibition, and the addition of Fritz's son, Rihard, opened up a new page for Steiff. He designed the bears and monkeys with his hands and feet according to his drawings at the Stuttgart Zoo. With these new products, he participated in the United States Lipskik Exhibition, and at the beginning there was hardly anyone interested. At the end of the exhibition, a buyer from the United States, Hermann Berg, represented GeoBorg fledt & Co., who was interested in this innovative product and ordered 3,000 on the spot. Unfortunately, these historic landmark teddy bears Already unable to find.
In 1902, due to an interesting story of President Roosevelt of the United States, the teddy bear had a real name "Teddy bear" teddy bear. This made the Steiff bears boom quickly spread across the United States, and even more so. world. Nearly 1 million Steiff teddy bears are produced and sold around the world.
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