u/Extra-Presence3196

So I ran into this reddit and decided to research my bear.

He was bought in 1964 (I was four) at a Coventry VT church sale.

His eyes were missing, had only one ear and felt pads on his feet and hands was worn through, but no stuffing was missing because he was filled with wood shavings.

I had to save him.

My mom made two ears out of the one, gave him button eyes and patched his hands and feet.

Bear was old when I got him and is older now.

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Bear looks to be a 24" bear built by Reliable Toy Company in Canada from 1920-1930.

The pattern is an original 1920s American Ideal blueprint, brought to Toronto by Aaron Cone of Ideal Toy Company, and built by the Ideal/Dominion/Reliable workers.