Talk:Richard Steiff

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An entry from Richard Steiff appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know? column on 15 March 2007.

[edit] Inventing the teddy bear

The invention of the teddy bear has also been attributed to Morris Michtom (and his wife Rose).

• Teddy Bear History - Invention of the Teddy Bear. The Great Idea Finder. Retrieved on 2007-03-12.
• Mary Bellis. History of the Teddy Bear. about.com. Retrieved on 2007-03-12.
• Rose and Morris Michtom and the Invention of the Teddy Bear. Jewish Virtual Library. Retrieved on 2007-03-12.
• History of the Teddy Bear. The Teddy Bear Museum. Retrieved on 2007-03-12.

The last reference, the Teddy Bear Museum, gives some context.

• 1894 - an early stuffed bear by German toy company Gebrüder Sussenguth.
• 1897 - Steiff company toy has toy bear in catalogue and at toy fair
• 1899 - Margaret Steiff gets patent on a few soft toy bears
• 1902 - Morris Michtom sells the first "Teddy’s Bear" in his toy shop in the U.S.

So, "teddy bear" and even toy bear / stuffed bear are not correct. — ERcheck (talk) 03:03, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

I'm going to remove the statement from the introduction that he is credited with "inventing the Teddy bear". — ERcheck (talk) 03:09, 12 March 2007 (UTC)