Ashleigh Introduces The Smithsonian Bear

This lovely young bear was picked up recently from a lovely little antique mall downtown. Michelle had been looking at her everytime she went in & finally couldn't leave again without her. She is a 1987 replica based on the original "Teddy's Bear" created by Ideal (before they were Ideal) that lives at the National Museum of American History . We call her Alice in honor of Teddy Roosevelt's wife. She came to use wearing some baby clothes, but they are currently being washed. Originally, Alice wore a large red bow with a tag on it that give a brief history of the teddy bear. Alice is around 13inches tall, has the long curved arms, more rounded feet than the Steiff bears, and shoe button type eyes, embroidered nose & mouth. Of course as a newer bear-all synthetic materials, but Alice is very well made. The company that produced this bear for the Smithsonian is Determined Productions.