The initiative, which began in May, 2023, saw Mr and Mrs Cooper, along with their children Danielle, Eli and Zeke, dedicate ...

The teddy bear is a novelty, and one can trust the child to give it its proper place.” Mrs. Murphy was prescient. Leading into the holiday 1907 season, interest in teddy bears was on the wane.

Occupying a ground floor retail space at the Tiffany Center (a 1920s art deco-style building and the site of my high school prom), the collection, aptly titled “Teddy Bears Picnic Museum ...