There are many versions of legends about the birth of teddy bears. As we all know, the origin of the name Teddy Bear is related to the 26th President of the United States, theodore roosevelt, whose nickname is Teddy. /kloc-in the autumn of 0/902, the hunting-loving president hunted black bears along the Mississippi River, but he never found anything. The organizer noticed this situation and tied a captured little black bear to a tree for the president to shoot. But Roosevelt flatly refused. At that time, this rumor was painted as a satirical cartoon and published in Washington post. Midham, an old Russian couple who opened a grocery store and fruit shop in new york, came up with the idea of sewing bear dolls after seeing the cute bear in the cartoon. Because their bear dolls were very popular, they later set up a creative toy company. This is the story of teddy bear's prosperity in America.

Almost at the same time, Margaret Stafford, a seamstress living in the small village of Jingen in southern Germany, also created the legend of Teddy Bear. Margaret suffered from polio since childhood and made a living as a tailor. With the help of her family, she began to make plush dolls, including bear dolls. In the Leipzig toy sample market of 1903, her hand-sewn bear dolls attracted considerable attention, and American businessmen placed a large number of orders. Since then, Margaret's small tailor shop has expanded to Stafford Company, to 1907, and has grown into a large enterprise with 2000 people. Its teddy bears are sold to the United States and other European countries, becoming the leading brand representative of the teddy bear industry.

Stafford made all kinds of teddy bears. After the shaping period, about 1930, Stafford Company began to take risks in the shape design of teddy bears. The face became rounder and bigger, and the body, hands and feet became chubby baby-like teddy bears, always smiling.

The teddy bear world, which was originally aimed at boys, later began to have designs for women. The tip of the pink plush bear "Teddy Rose" is sewn with brown thread, giving people a soft and approachable feeling. The "Teddy Baby" introduced by Stafford after personifying the face of a bear doll was even more popular in the 1930s and 1950s.

From 1903 to 19 14, German toy companies have always controlled the teddy bear market. Binger company in Nuremberg, which is famous for producing tinplate toys, applied its good mechanical device technology to the production of teddy bears, forming a new fashion trend. Germany originally exported a large number of teddy bears, but after the outbreak of World War I, Britain and other countries banned the import of German toys, which provided a good opportunity for countries to develop their own teddy bear industry. The woollen bear dolls seen in exhibitions or books now are almost all products of World War II.

In Germany, there is a quarterly magazine "Teddy Bear and its Friends" for teddy bear fans, which is full of information about teddy bears. Various exhibitions, auctions, new product introductions, corporate stories, bear fan parties, etc. Be reported. This magazine introduces the current collection fashion in detail, especially the collection of information.

Teddy bear is really an unusual commodity. Recently, it is often heard that early teddy bears sold at high prices at auctions. In the 1980s, it was also a clever business practice for merchants to issue special edition teddy bears in the market, which made its value rare. Even major international events, such as the unification of the Democratic Republic of Germany and the Federal Republic of Germany, and the conclusion of a treaty by the European community, have corresponding commemorative teddy bears, and each bear has a status symbol such as a manufacturing number or an identification certificate.

Children in Europe and America like teddy bears very much. In Germany, many people grew up with teddy bears. It is said that there will be a teddy bear in the German ambulance as a gift for those children who have to take the ambulance. These bear dolls are provided by the Teddy Bear Association for children in accidents, and most of the purchase funds come from donations. According to the survey of this association, children's favorite teddy bears are all cute round faces, and these dolls are now put in ambulances.

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