Word: steiffs
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...three generations, the craftsmanship of West Germany's toymaking Steiff family has delighted children the world over. As the town's biggest employer, the family has also endeared itself to the burghers of Giengen (pop. 14,000), a community of cobblestone streets and gingerbread houses that has nestled for the past 900 years in the wooded foothills of the Swabian Alps. Although it seems an anomaly in such a storybook setting, the bronze bust of Theodore Roosevelt in the lobby of Giengen's town hall is there for good reason: the Steiff company is best known...
...mistress needs to be coaxed with presents-perhaps a fuzzy little Steiff poodle to dangle from the rear-view mirror, or more popularly a porcelain bud vase whose fresh flowers can be changed each day. The height of affection comes on the weekend when the car owner can give his lovely Gisela or Mitzi or Erika a bubble bath. From Kiel to Koblenz each Saturday afternoon, the streets are filled with men carrying sudsy plastic pails and chamois. Floor mats and cushions-many of them hand-embroidered by the car owner's routine wife-are assiduously cleaned, often...