Perhaps the question first occurred to you in the toy aisle when you were picking out a present for the kid in your life. Or maybe it was when you were cleaning out your old toys from the attic of ...

Michtom was inspired to call the toys "Teddy's bear" after reading a political cartoon published in the Washington Post on Nov. 16, 1902, notes the parks service website. The cartoon was drawn by ...

The stuffed toy later got its “Teddy” name thanks to a cartoon that appeared in The Washington Post in 1902 depicting Roosevelt refusing to shoot a bear. Around the same time, Brooklyn candy ...

The story of the teddy bear then turns to Rose and Morris Mitchtom who owned a candy store in New York City. Taking inspiration from the depiction of the black bear in Berryman’s cartoon ...

The cartoon was such a hit that Berryman kept ... a candymaker in Brooklyn who thought there might be public interest in a stuffed bear. His wife, Rose, began sewing them by hand; Michtom sought ...