A letter from Mrs. Roosevelt to Mr. Michtom said, "I was about to get in touch with the Smithsonian about presenting them with the original bear when the children decided they didn't want to part with ...

The origins of the teddy bear involve President Theodore Roosevelt, a bear hunt, a political cartoon, and the owner of a ...

An original Michtom teddy bear once held by two of Teddy Roosevelt’s great-grandchildren, Mark and Anne. NMAH A true history of the teddy bear begins in the American wilderness. In November 1902 ...

The first "Teddy bear" was put on sale on this day in history, Feb. 15, 1903. Named after President Theodore Roosevelt, the stuffed bear was first sold by Morris Michtom, a Brooklyn, New York ...

President Theodore Roosevelt, often known as Teddy, went on a bear hunting trip near Onward, ... After treasuring it for a year, the family donated the bear to the Smithsonian in 1964.

When Teddy “Big Stick” Roosevelt decided to hold his fire on a junior black bear while on a hunting trip in 1902, ... Grizzly Adams’ bear circus and arenas staging bear-versus-bull fights.

Roosevelt adopted the teddy bear as the symbol of the Republican Party for the 1904 election, and the Michtoms would ultimately make a fortune as proprietors of the Ideal Novelty and Toy Company.