Pets and Playmates

Publisher Saalfield Publishing Company American

1906

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Around 1902, the Saalfield Company introduced a new type of children's book, with text and images printed on cloth, a format intended to withstand enthusiastic use. The popularity of the company's "muslin books" is demonstrated by the fact that close to one hundred titles had been issued by 1925.

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Title: Pets and Playmates
Publisher: Saalfield Publishing Company (American, 1899–1977)
Published in: Akron
Date: 1906
Medium: Commercial color printing on muslin
Dimensions: 5 1/2 × 8 11/16 in. (14 × 22 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Gift of Lev Tsitrin, 2016
Object Number: 2016.391.1
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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