The Roosevelt Bears. Teddy bears named for President Theodore Roosevelt but before they entirely morphed into a small child’s stuffed animal kind of thing. These bears carry rifles and smoke pipes when they aren’t putting on academic robes and graduating from Harvard. A children’s book from 1906 written by Seymour Eaton and from a series of books about the Roosevelt Bears.

They slid down ropes and hit the ground, And landed in Chicago safe and sound. Frontispiece, Page 8 of Teddy B. and Teddy G: The Roosevelt Bears, Their Travels and Adventures. Seymour Eaton (Paul Piper), author. V. Floyd Campbell, illustrator. Published in 1906 by Edward Stern and Company, Inc, Philadephia ©. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/teddybteddygroos0000unse/page/n8/mode/1up

Title page. Page 9 of Teddy B. and Teddy G: The Roosevelt Bears, Their Travels and Adventures. Seymour Eaton (Paul Piper), author. V. Floyd Campbell, illustrator. Published in 1906 by Edward Stern and Company, Inc, Philadelphia. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/teddybteddygroos0000unse/page/n8/mode/1up

The Roosevelt Bears Leave their Mountain Home. Page 10/18 of Teddy B. and Teddy G: The Roosevelt Bears, Their Travels and Adventures. Seymour Eaton (Paul Piper), author. V. Floyd Campbell, illustrator. Published in 1906 by Edward Stern and Company, Inc, Philadephia ©. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/teddybteddygroos0000unse/page/10/mode/1up

The bears were ready; they said good-bye: The Roosevelt Bears Leave their Mountain Home. Page 14/22 of Teddy B. and Teddy G: The Roosevelt Bears, Their Travels and Adventures. Seymour Eaton (Paul Piper), author. V. Floyd Campbell, illustrator. Published in 1906 by Edward Stern and Company, Inc, Philadelphia. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/teddybteddygroos0000unse/page/14/mode/1up

‘I won’t sleep up-stairs,’ said TEDDY-G, ‘I want a window, I want to see: The Roosevelt Bears on the Pullman. Page 31/39 of Teddy B. and Teddy G: The Roosevelt Bears, Their Travels and Adventures. Seymour Eaton (Paul Piper), author. V. Floyd Campbell, illustrator. Published in 1906 by Edward Stern and Company, Inc, Philadelphia. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/teddybteddygroos0000unse/page/31/mode/thumb

And piled in the straw and oats and hay, when his coat got caught in the wheels some way: The Roosevelt Bears on a Farm. Page 42/50 of Teddy B. and Teddy G: The Roosevelt Bears, Their Travels and Adventures. Seymour Eaton (Paul Piper), author. V. Floyd Campbell, illustrator. Published in 1906 by Edward Stern and Company, Inc, Philadelphia. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/teddybteddygroos0000unse/page/42/mode/1up

And started them off like country lads: The Roosevelt Bears at a District School. Page 49/57 of Teddy B. and Teddy G: The Roosevelt Bears, Their Travels and Adventures. Seymour Eaton (Paul Piper), author. V. Floyd Campbell, illustrator. Published in 1906 by Edward Stern and Company, Inc, Philadelphia. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/teddybteddygroos0000unse/page/49/mode/1up

They walked on ropes drawn good and tight, And jumped through hoops and landed right: The Roosevelt Bears at the County Fair. Page 62/70 of Teddy B. and Teddy G: The Roosevelt Bears, Their Travels and Adventures. Seymour Eaton (Paul Piper), author. V. Floyd Campbell, illustrator. Published in 1906 by Edward Stern and Company, Inc, Philadelphia. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/teddybteddygroos0000unse/page/62/mode/1up

The first to speak was TEDDY-G: ‘The earth has dropped somewhere,’ said he: The Roosevelt Bears in a Balloon. Page 69/77 of Teddy B. and Teddy G: The Roosevelt Bears, Their Travels and Adventures. Seymour Eaton (Paul Piper), author. V. Floyd Campbell, illustrator. Published in 1906 by Edward Stern and Company, Inc, Philadelphia. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/teddybteddygroos0000unse/page/69/mode/1up

Having a snack: The Roosevelt Bears meet Chicago Children. Page 80/88 of Teddy B. and Teddy G: The Roosevelt Bears, Their Travels and Adventures. Seymour Eaton (Paul Piper), author. V. Floyd Campbell, illustrator. Published in 1906 by Edward Stern and Company, Inc, Philadelphia. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/teddybteddygroos0000unse/page/80/mode/1up

This stairway climbs itself, you know; you just step on and up you go, The Roosevelt Bears See Chicago. Page 91/99 of Teddy B. and Teddy G: The Roosevelt Bears, Their Travels and Adventures. Seymour Eaton (Paul Piper), author. V. Floyd Campbell, illustrator. Published in 1906 by Edward Stern and Company, Inc, Philadelphia. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/teddybteddygroos0000unse/page/91/mode/1up

They started off at once to view the rolling rapids and the big horseshoe: The Roosevelt Bears at Niagara. Page 97/105 of Teddy B. and Teddy G: The Roosevelt Bears, Their Travels and Adventures. Seymour Eaton (Paul Piper), author. V. Floyd Campbell, illustrator. Published in 1906 by Edward Stern and Company, Inc, Philadelphia. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/teddybteddygroos0000unse/page/97/mode/1up

Dressed in automobiling costume: The Roosevelt Bears take an Automobile Ride. Page 124/132 of Teddy B. and Teddy G: The Roosevelt Bears, Their Travels and Adventures. Seymour Eaton (Paul Piper), author. V. Floyd Campbell, illustrator. Published in 1906 by Edward Stern and Company, Inc, Philadelphia. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/teddybteddygroos0000unse/page/126/mode/1up

These gowns and caps and scrolls you see, We give you now as your degree: The Roosevelt Bears at Harvard. Page 138/146 of Teddy B. and Teddy G: The Roosevelt Bears, Their Travels and Adventures. Seymour Eaton (Paul Piper), author. V. Floyd Campbell, illustrator. Published in 1906 by Edward Stern and Company, Inc, Philadelphia. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/teddybteddygroos0000unse/page/138/mode/1up

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