Michelle ~ Blacky ~ Champaz's Captures....
There's A Bear UnderThere....
Taken at this years annual Sand Sculture's 2012....
Brief Description From The Sculpture :
ALTHOUGH TOY BEARS SEEM TO HAVE BEEN AROUND FOREVER, THE FIRST ONES WERE MADE IN 1902. IN GERMANY, MARGARETE STEIFF , A DISABLED SEAMSTRESS WITH A SOFT TOY FACTORY, ADDED A PLUSH BEAR TO HER CATALOGUE , SELLING LITERALLY MILLIONS OF BEARS IN A DECADE. EARLY STEIFF BEARS, WITH THIS TRADEMARK BUTTON IN THE LEFT EAR , ARE NOW A COLLECTORS ITEM. THE NAME "TEDDY " BEAR CAME AFTER BROOKLYN SHOPKEEPERS MORRIS AND ROSE MICHTOM DISPLAYED THEIR SOFT BEAR TOY, MADE THE SAME YEAR, IN THEIR WINDOW WITH THE TITLE "TEDDY BEAR" AFTER A WASHINGTON POST CARTOON FEATURING THEODORE "TEDDY" ROOSEVELT AND A BEAR THAT HE HAD BEEN HUNTING....
FAMOUS BEARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PADDINGTON BEAR
WINNIE THE POOH
ALOYSIUS
TEDDY RUXPIN
BIG TED
LITTLE TED...
There's A Bear UnderThere....
Taken at this years annual Sand Sculture's 2012....
Brief Description From The Sculpture :
ALTHOUGH TOY BEARS SEEM TO HAVE BEEN AROUND FOREVER, THE FIRST ONES WERE MADE IN 1902. IN GERMANY, MARGARETE STEIFF , A DISABLED SEAMSTRESS WITH A SOFT TOY FACTORY, ADDED A PLUSH BEAR TO HER CATALOGUE , SELLING LITERALLY MILLIONS OF BEARS IN A DECADE. EARLY STEIFF BEARS, WITH THIS TRADEMARK BUTTON IN THE LEFT EAR , ARE NOW A COLLECTORS ITEM. THE NAME "TEDDY " BEAR CAME AFTER BROOKLYN SHOPKEEPERS MORRIS AND ROSE MICHTOM DISPLAYED THEIR SOFT BEAR TOY, MADE THE SAME YEAR, IN THEIR WINDOW WITH THE TITLE "TEDDY BEAR" AFTER A WASHINGTON POST CARTOON FEATURING THEODORE "TEDDY" ROOSEVELT AND A BEAR THAT HE HAD BEEN HUNTING....
FAMOUS BEARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PADDINGTON BEAR
WINNIE THE POOH
ALOYSIUS
TEDDY RUXPIN
BIG TED
LITTLE TED...