A rare soldier teddy that comforted ... in 1915 when the boy's father was called up. Now dressed in a homemade uniform, complete with sword and pistol, the Steiff bear was meant to 'soften the ...
The teddy bear emerged out of a presidency. In November 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt was on a bear hunting excursion in Mississippi at the invitation of its governor, Andrew Longino. Roosevelt, ...