Four historic postcards relating to Theodore Roosevelt and the Teddy Bear, 1904 and 1905, a Foster & Reynolds postcard of President Roosevelt (19.), inscribed on front ‘June 12. 04 - Dr Flo, you had better come over and I will take you into the daily reception at the White House to shake a paw with Teddy. I tried the sensation the other day and I came away impressed ore by the damp moisture connected with the shake than anything else. Yours, Will’, postmarked from Washington D.C., June 14th, 1904 and addressed to Miss F.I. Proverbs, 7 Sefton Rd, Reservoir Rd, Edgbaston, Birmingham, England; a Lust Postcard of President Roosevelt’s Home, Oyster Bay, L.I, inscribed on front ’17.9.05 - Dr Pater, Called here today by Teddy was too busy to see us. Will’, addressed same as above, but to Mr W.G. Proverbs; a Rotograph Co postcard of Miss Alice Roosevelt, inscribed on the front ‘2.17.05 - Dr Flo, I saw a little of the wedding at the White House today. Yours, Will’ and a Rotograph Co postcard of The Roosevelt Family, inscribed on front ’12.9.05 - Dr Flo, Call at Teddys place today, but not having letter of introduction and being a suspicious looking characters could not get by secret service men, Will (best love)’, both addressed to Miss F.I. Proverb - Mr William Proverbs, who wrote these postcards to his daughter and father was attached to the British Embassy in Washington D.C. - Both the Websters (US) and Oxford dictionaries record the first use of the term ‘Teddy Bear’ as having occurred in 1907, the toy manufacturer E.I. Horsman, advertised ‘Teddy Bear’ in the US trade magazine Playthings in November 1906. Could these postcards be the earliest known record of the term? Another interesting note in history, the wedding of Alice Roosevelt in 1905 famously had the Wedding Breakfast tables decorated with bears (Teddy) dressed as hunters and fishermen