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A rare Laughing Roosevelt Bear
by the Columbia Teddy Bear Company, with short rich golden mohair, amber and black glass eyes, black horizontally stitched nose, black stitched claws, red painted open/close mouth with two white glass teeth set inside, small pinched ears slotted into head, swivel head, jointed limbs, felt pads, squeeze box growler and open/close mouth movement by squeeze of tummy or turning of head --16in. (41cm.) tall, circa 1907 (wear to pads, right paw pad recovered, small wear to tummy)
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by the Columbia Teddy Bear Company, with short rich golden mohair, amber and black glass eyes, black horizontally stitched nose, black stitched claws, red painted open/close mouth with two white glass teeth set inside, small pinched ears slotted into head, swivel head, jointed limbs, felt pads, squeeze box growler and open/close mouth movement by squeeze of tummy or turning of head --16in. (41cm.) tall, circa 1907 (wear to pads, right paw pad recovered, small wear to tummy)
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Literature
The Big Bear Book, Dee Hockenberry, page 87.
Bears, Sue Pearson, page 100.
Bears, Sue Pearson, page 100.