SOLD (1907) Columbia Laughing Roosevelt. Smiler Chad

SOLD (1907) Columbia Laughing Roosevelt. Smiler Chad18 1 2" 1907 LAUGHING ROOSEVELT TEDDY BEAR. MADE BY COLUMBIA OF NEW YORK, NOVELTY BEAR WITH SPLIT WOODEN MOUTH AND TEETH. ORIGINALLY WHEN THE BEAR'S STOMACH WAS SQUEEZED HIS MOUTH WOULD OPEN SHOWING HIS TEETH. CONSTRUCTED IN THE FASHION OF A "STICK BEAR" HE IS DISK JOINTED AT HIS NECK, SHOULDERS AND HIPS. HE WEARS A TEDDY ROOSEVELT PIN ON A RIBBON AROUND HIS NECK. VERY RARE BEAR. MECHANISM THAT OPENS HIS MOUTH NO LONGER WORKS, MOHAIR IS SPARSE AND HAS

Kapok body Clothes Blue striped jumper Growl Number 176

A lovely little chap

jointed limbs with brown painted cloth pads

Number 170A

be careful

black stitched feet claws and webbed hand claw stitching

) squeaker

bears of his design were produced in 1959 but he has the later label that was introduced in 1961

1940s/50s Antique Long Haired Chiltern Bear "Graham"

3 stitches to paws and triangular pads Stuffing Woodwool Clothes Growl Number

He is well worn

She has a label to her chest