Search Strategies & Selected Articles

The links below provide access to a sampling of articles from historic newspapers that can be found in Chronicling America. You can further explore the topic of the "Teddy Bear" using the following search strategies:

Use the following terms in combination, proximity, or as a phrase:
Berryman, Billy Possum, fad, Roosevelt, Steiff, Teddy Bear, toy.
It is important to use a specific date range if looking for articles for a particular event in order to narrow your results. The peak of the Teddy Bear craze was in 1907 so most articles will be from that year.

Selected Articles from Chronicling America

"The President Killed No Bear"
The Times (Richmond, VA), November 16, 1902, Page 19, Image 19, col. 6.
"President and Cartoonist"
The Paducah Sun (Paducah, KY), February 10, 1903, Image 3, col. 2.
"The Roosevelt Bears"
The Minneapolis Journal (Minneapolis, MN), January 7, 1906, Part VII, Comics, Image 43, col. 1.
"Dolls Are Out, Bears Are In"
The Sun (New York, NY), November 04, 1906, Second Section, Page 6, Image 20, col. 3.
"The Teddy Bear Craze in New York"
The San Francisco Call (San Francisco, CA), November 18, 1906, Page 14, Image 14, col. 1.
"Flour City Buds Adopt Teddy Bear"
The Minneapolis Journal (Minneapolis, MN), December 4, 1906, Page 8, Image 8, col 2.
"Fad of the Teddy Bear"
The Cairo Bulletin (Cairo, IL), January 10, 1907, Image 6, col. 2.
"Berryman, Bear Man"
The Washington Herald (Washington, DC), January 24, 1907, Image 2, col. 2.
"Dramatize Teddy Bears"
Los Angeles Herald (Los Angeles, CA), August 4, 1907, Page 7, Image 9, col. 1.
"Heart to Heart Talks"
The Cairo Bulletin (Cairo, IL), December 15, 1907, PART TWO, Image 8, col. 1.
"Teddy Bear to Stay"
Evening Star (Washington, DC), March 13, 1909, Page 8, Image 8, col. 5.
"Succeeds Teddy Bear"
The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, KS), April 22, 1909, LAST EDITION, Page 7, Image 7, col. 2.
"News From Toyland"
The Daily Missoulian (Missoula, MN), December 20, 1910, Morning, Page 4, Image 4, col. 3.
"Toyland's Neutrality Violated!: American Toy Factories Receive Great Boost"
The Ogden Standard (Ogden, UT), December 19, 1914, 4 P.M. City Edition, MAGAZINE SECTION, Image 17, col. 2.

Teddy Bear: Topics in Chronicling America

Search Strategies & Selected Articles

Selected Articles from Chronicling America