Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Top 33 Teddy Bear Facts had probably never knew!

The sweet, loving teddy bear is more than one hundred years. In fact, even track before the First World War and its origin from one of the greatest U.S. presidents. While in his centennial history of the humble teddy bear around the world from Europe to Japan to conquer America and back. And even if our lives easier, if there is so much suppression technology, good old Teddy seems more popular than ever - just Google! Here are some more surprising facts of thisEarly 20th century classic icon.

Before the Bears for first time on the literary scene of the fairytale "Goldilocks and the Three Bears," written by Robert Southey in 1834.

According to the first signs of stuffed teddy bear appeared on the scene when Margarete Steiff registers patents for 23 of his toy designs, including a dancing bear and a bear handler with a brown bear in 1899.

The third story is done - a shop owner in Brooklyn, he sold Morris, the world's first Michtom"Teddy Bear" in his shop in November 1902.

In the March quarter of 1903, over 3,000 teddy bears have all handed over to U.S. companies by Steiff in Germany.

Fifth Bear toy called "Bruins" in those days. The first announcement for the Bruins appeared in the toy trade magazine Playthings American May 1906.

Sixth in the same year in November, the words "Teddy Bear" out for the first time in a different ad Playthings American manufacturer EJHorsman.

Seventh "Teddy Bear" was one of the first illustrated books on these soft toys based on popular Alice wrote Scott.

Eighth in 1907, music history was written, if written the music for the song, Teddy Bear Picnic was, American composer JK Bratton. The song was originally called the Teddy Bear Two Step to know and love the lyrics and today we were not really recognized until 1932 by the prolific British songwriter Jimmy Kennedy.

Ninth In 1908 the company started JK FarnellThe production of the first British teddy bears. The company was founded in London Notting Hill as a silk merchant, and initially produced tea and pincushion cossiers. But it is believed that Alpha was the 1925 Bears their inspiration for the creation of Winnie the Pooh.

10th In 1909, the first cartoon Teddy "Little Johnny and the Teddy Bears" was released in the U.S..

11 In 1912, when the world upset by the news of the sinking of the Titanic on her maiden voyage with disbelief,German Steiff soft toy company has executed a black bear as mourning gifts for all those who have lost loved ones to give the Titanic.

12 ° In 1919, the air Adorable teddy bear on his first non-stop flight across the Atlantic! Aviation pioneers, Alcock and Brown took Teddy mascot with them on this record-breaking flight from St. John's, Newfoundland to Clifden, Ireland in a modified Vickers Vimy bomber World War.

13 The teddy bear was thousands of homes every morningfor the British as the first British comic Bobby Teddy Bear, was published in the newspaper London Daily Herald.

Fourteenth The following year, in 1920, the first Rupert Bear picture story, Little Lost Bear, written and illustrated by Tourtel Mary, has found its way into the British newspaper Daily Express.

In 1924 Walt Disney's 15th animated giant produced the first cartoon in color with a teddy bear of Alice and the Three Bears.

One of the 16thBears famous and beloved of all time, Winnie-the-Pooh made his first appearance, when the first edition of Winnie-the-Pooh by AA Milne, was published 1926th

In 1944, the 17th, such as forest fires caused havoc in the U.S., Smokey Bear has been adopted as the mascot of the U.S. forest fire prevention campaign.

The 18th Sooty, the teddy bear puppet and magician, he made his British television debut in 1952. Sooty was very popular in Great Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand.So much so that Sooty is now the longest running children's television show in Britain and turned 60 in 2008. Designed by Harry Corbett, handed the task of the puppeteer father son Matthew in 1976. Matteo retirement late nineties with the popularity Sooty uninterrupted.

19th In 1953, the Golden Jubilee of Steiff plush was first worn. It 'was celebrated with a new style to wear, "a comical young bear, called Jackie Baby.

20th A common problem was resolved when Wendy Boston, Welshtoy manufacturers, produced the first truly washable teddy bear in 1954.

21st 1958 was immensely loved and take other popular Paddington Bear appears on the scene for the first time. The first story, Paddington, A Bear Called Paddington by Michael Bond was published this year.

22nd In a significant development, Walt Disney has acquired the rights to Winnie-The-Pooh in 1959.

23rd Colonel Bob Henderson launches The Teddy Bear Club in 1962.

24th The first animationWinnie-the-Pooh, Walt Disney produced in 1975. It 'was an instant classic.

In 1979, the 25th Marquess of Bath, the Great Teddy Bear Rally held at Longleat.

26th In a departure from its usual products, auction house Christie's in London, teddy bear is the first auction in 1985.

27th in 1988, Gyles and Michele Brandreth set up the Teddy Bear Museum in William Shakespeare's Home Town of Stratford-upon-Avon.

28th next year, the year 1989, the firstBritish Teddy Bear Festival held in London.

29th the same year, 1989, Happy birthday, a 1926 vintage Steiff mohair bear, was at an auction in London for the sale of a huge £ 55,000 to American Paul Volpp as the 42nd wedding gift for his wife Rosemary.

30th In 1990, Steiff across the UK with the first UK Limited Edition Steiff teddy bear.

31st The teddy bear was crossing continents and all popular. In 1994, Teddy Girl, a 1904 cinnamonSteiff bears, which was owned by Colonel Bob Henderson, who at an auction in London for the sale of an amazing £ 110,000 to Yoshihiro Sekiguchi. Sekiguchi went to the Teddy Bear Museum in Izu, Japan to establish.

32nd In 1996, Yoshihiro Sekiguchi bought the Izu Teddy Bear Museum Edward, who has traveled the world's largest bear, which at an auction of ... to £ 34.500.

We thought it was only the 33rd average size of teddy bears? Well, Guinness (8.5 mm) by Lynn Lumb ofHalifax, England, near the holy city of the Guinness Book of Records as the smallest teddy bear in the world.

Never thought that the humble teddy packaged as a long history, is not it?

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