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Thematik: Spielzeug / toys: 1916/1939. The story of the TEDDY BEAR, which is still very popular toda
1916/1939. The story of the TEDDY BEAR, which is still very popular today, is the story of RICHARD STEIFF, the nephew of the company's founder Margarete Steiff. He is the father of the teddy bear, so to speak. Based on sketches Richard made during his frequent visits to the Stuttgart zoo and the bear enclosure there, he developed the first Steiff Bear PB55. Now this name was not very romantic, but quite practical for product characterization; it meant P stands for "Plüsch" (plush), B for "Beweglich" (movable) and 55 for the size of 55 cm. After some initial difficulties during the Leipzig Fair were overcome, the Steiff Bear began its triumphal procession around the world. The actual name Teddy was given to the bear after Theodore Roosevelt (who was also a passionate hunter), whereby Teddy is the American short form for Theodore. Finally, due to a special hunting-bear incident, which then became independent through the press (especially through various caricatures of the bear, which got cuter and cuter), the readers, who had already sold this bear in the USA, gave this bear the name Teddy. - THIS COLLECTION CONTAINS in all 61 items (covers, postcards, picture postcard, photograph and a cheque addressed and related respectively to Richard Steiff, resident of Jackson, (Mich.) USA, and is supplemented by some (English) texts on the history of the Steiff company.
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