A raggedy toy to a treasured symbol of childhood: The teddy bear
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A miniature plastic teddy bear sits atop a stuffed teddy bear in Phoenix, Tuesday, April 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)In this Library of Congress handout image, President Theodore Roosevelt reads a book with his dog skip on his lap, in the doorway of the West Divide Creek ranch house in Meeker, Colo., Sept 12, 1905. (Library of Congress via AP)FILE - Teddy bears sit among tributes left by fans at the grave of Elvis Presley at Graceland., his home in Memphis, Tenn., Aug. 14, 1997. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)FILE - U.S. Army Sgt. Jon Fleenor from Sacramento, Calif., holds his scorched teddy bear, given to him by his wife, which he carries as a good-luck charm in Mosul, northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, March 27, 2008. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, File)FILE - A GI headed into Kontum in the central highlands with a tank-killing unit, cradles his lucky teddy bear during the helicopter ride in Vietnam, June 3, 1972. (AP Photo/Josip Lee, File)
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A miniature plastic teddy bear sits atop a stuffed teddy bear in Phoenix, Tuesday, April 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)