https://padlet.com/mlewis_amherst/bears Made with a dash of wit en-us 2015-03-19 13:33:09 UTC 2025-05-17 13:46:28 UTC hello@padlet.com mlewis_amherst https://padlet.com/mlewis_amherst/bears/wish/136778676 2016-11-10 16:03:36 UTC https://padlet.com/mlewis_amherst/bears/wish/136778676 mlewis_amherst https://padlet.com/mlewis_amherst/bears/wish/136779961 The first teddy bears appeared in 1902. According to popular history, American president Theodore Roosevelt went on a hunting trip in Mississippi in November 1902 as a break from his ongoing efforts to resolve a border dispute between that state and Louisiana.]]> 2016-11-10 16:06:37 UTC https://padlet.com/mlewis_amherst/bears/wish/136779961 mlewis_amherst https://padlet.com/mlewis_amherst/bears/wish/136780824 At a candy store in Brooklyn, New York, Morris Michtom read about the President and the cub. His wife, Rose, made toy ponies to sell in their shop. Mr. Michtom asked her to make a bear instead, and they began selling "Teddy's Bears" in honor of the President.]]> 2016-11-10 16:08:43 UTC https://padlet.com/mlewis_amherst/bears/wish/136780824 mlewis_amherst https://padlet.com/mlewis_amherst/bears/wish/136781300 Since the early 1950s, bear sales have typically been on the order of one-quarter of a million bears per year.]]> 2016-11-10 16:09:55 UTC https://padlet.com/mlewis_amherst/bears/wish/136781300 mlewis_amherst https://padlet.com/mlewis_amherst/bears/wish/136784261 2016-11-10 16:17:18 UTC https://padlet.com/mlewis_amherst/bears/wish/136784261 mlewis_amherst https://padlet.com/mlewis_amherst/bears/wish/136785432 2016-11-10 16:20:14 UTC https://padlet.com/mlewis_amherst/bears/wish/136785432 mlewis_amherst https://padlet.com/mlewis_amherst/bears/wish/136785940 2016-11-10 16:21:24 UTC https://padlet.com/mlewis_amherst/bears/wish/136785940 mlewis_amherst https://padlet.com/mlewis_amherst/bears/wish/3455091832 2025-05-17 13:44:32 UTC https://padlet.com/mlewis_amherst/bears/wish/3455091832 mlewis_amherst https://padlet.com/mlewis_amherst/bears/wish/3455093063 2025-05-17 13:46:27 UTC https://padlet.com/mlewis_amherst/bears/wish/3455093063