[Ads-l] Very Slight Antedating of "Teddy Bear"

[Peter Reitan]

I tried putting in links to my blog, but it did not work. 
Here are the link addresses to my two Teddy posts:

http://esnpc.blogspot.com/2016/02/teddy-roosevelt-and-his-bears-grizzly.html

http://esnpc.blogspot.com/2016/02/bears-bunnies-blue-and-lace-teddy.html


> Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2016 20:41:54 -0800
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> Subject: Re: Very Slight Antedating of "Teddy Bear"
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> It's all in my blog: Teddy Roosevelt and his Bears.
> 
> I also did a brief piece about lingerie "teddies": Bears=2C Bunnies=2C Blue=
>  and Lace=2C which includes the little known stuffed rabbit named for Roose=
> velt's daughter=2C Alice=2C the color "Alice Blue=2C" also named after his =
> daughter=2C and the "Teddy Bear" combinations and chemises=2C later called=
> =2C simply=2C "teddies."
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