One of the greatest toy companies of the 20th century got its start with a simple idea: The teddy bear. In 1903, Brooklyn candy shop owners Rose and Morris Michtom were so charmed by the story of President Theodore Roosevelt sparing the life of a bear cub they made a plush toy bear in his honor and put it in their window display. Their cuddly new doll caused a national sensation. Four years after they invented the teddy bear, the couple...Continue Reading