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teddy bear

Teddy bear is a toy animal or stuffed toy.

teddy bear

Teddy bear early 1900s - Smithsonian Museum of Natural History - 2012-05-15 An original "Teddy Bear" from 1903, manufactured by Benjamin Michton, son of the founder of the Ideal Toy Co. This bear was owned by Theodore Roosevelt's grandson, Kermit. Michton gave the bear to him in December 1963. The Roosevelts donated it to the Smithsonian a month later. The name "Teddy Bear" comes from a political

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