A sturdy wooden teddy bear figurine sits under a powerful PROFI hydraulic press. The image captures the calm before the inevitable crush, blending innocence with industrial force in a fascinating ...

The Teddy Bear Was Once Seen as a Dangerous Influence on Young Children ... Since the 1800s, archaeologists have excavated more than 500 doll-like figures from the Roman world.

The first "Teddy bear" was put on sale on this day in history, Feb. 15, 1903. Created by Morris and Rose Michtom, the bear toy, inspired by the president, was a huge success.

By 1908, the bear had become such a popular toy that a Michigan minister warned that replacing dolls with toy bears would destroy the maternal instincts in little girls. In 1963, Benjamin Michtom, at ...

SHELBURNE ― Despite producing about 200,000 stuffed animals per year, the Shelburne-based Vermont Teddy Bear Company has but one designer: Cassandra Clayton. Clayton has been the designer at ...