A Collector's History of the Teddy Bear

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About A Collector's History Of The Teddy Bear

Product Description The colorful history of the teddy bear from its pre-Roosevelt days to the present is traced and presented with detailed photographs to exemplify the changes that teddy has overcome. Includes a section on bears manufactured from such renowned companies as Ideal, Steiff and Horsman. Also includes a charming jointed teddy bear pattern so you too can make a bear that is recorded in history! 29 color and 733 b/w photographs. Review "...Excellent overall view of all kinds of bears. Wish I had written it." -- Lita Solis-Cohen, Marine Antique Digest From the Publisher "Schoonmaker's work covers the teddy bear phenomenon from A to Z. This anthology should serve as a perpetual account of our running off with Teddy Roosevelt's gift to mankind." Jim Ownby, Founder of Good Bears of the World, Spinning Wheel From the Back Cover Thru extensive original research Mrs. Schoonmaker has traced the history of the Teddy Bear from its pre-Teddy days down to the present time in A Collector's History of Teddy Bears. Featured are over 800 illustrations in black and white and color. Collectors will be able to document and date their collections of bears. This richly illustrated research volume also features "Bear-mobilia" (bear-related items-games, toys, music, post cards, paper dolls, books, spoons, children's clothing and accessories). The "Needle & Thread" section includes patterns for making garments, as well as making bears. This book will prove a joy to read and a "Grrrreat" resource guide for those collectors of lovers of Teddy Bears. 9 pages of full color photographs. About the Author Patricia N. Schoonmaker began her interest in writing with a high school journalism course. She was invited to become a member of Quill and Scroll International Honorary Society and served as Editor of her high school newspaper. Later, she was to write publicity stories for Shirley Temple and Deanna Durbin for their club newspapers in the early 1940s. Seeing Shirley Temple's doll collection inspired Pat to begin her own. The author has been a member of the United Federation of Doll Clubs since 1956. She has privately published Research on Kammer and Reinhardt Dolls, Further Research on Kammer and Reinhardt Dolls, and The Effanbee Patsy Family and Related Types, as well as many articles for Doll News and The Doll Reader. In her collecting years, Mrs. Schoonmaker has acquired much original resource material on Teddy Bears along with antique dolls. She has shared many of her findings through publications and slide programs about teddy bears and dolls. To her good fortune, her husband John's hobby is photography which makes a good team for research projects. The Schoonmakers are the proud grandparents of Lisa and Kevin Schoonmaker, and Jonathan, William, and Christopher Koeningsaecker for whom they buy teddy bears.