Pets and Playmates

Saalfield Publishing Company

1906 · Commercial color printing on muslin · Drawings and Prints

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.

Artist

Saalfield Publishing Company

Date

1906

Medium

Commercial color printing on muslin

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Gift of Lev Tsitrin, 2016