Collecting Teddy Bears
Did you know? If you collect Teddy bears you are termed an Arctophile.
An Arctophile is a person who collects bears, derived from the greek words 'arcto' (bear) and 'philos' (lover).
Although Teddy Bears have been around for 100 years, this term wasn't coined until the mid 1980's.
1902 - 2002 this marked the 100th birthday of the teddy bear.
To many it may come as a real surprise that the Teddy Bear a major 20th century icon and childhood classic is younger than electric light, the telephone or the motor car.
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