Pets and Playmates

Publisher Saalfield Publishing Company American

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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.

Pets and Playmates, Saalfield Publishing Company (American, 1899–1977), Commercial color printing on muslin

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Pets and Playmates, Saalfield Publishing Company (American, 1899–1977), Commercial color printing on muslin
Pets and Playmates, Saalfield Publishing Company (American, 1899–1977), Commercial color printing on muslin

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