Name/Title
Hansel and Gretel No. 529Entry/Object ID
63.23.11Description
Hansel and Gretel Book. Material: paper. Size: 5 1/2" x 7 1/2". Description: paper, textile "Linenett" nursery rhyme book, "Hansel and Gretel" with colored illustrations, published by the Samuel Gabriel Sons & Co. which was founded in 1907, selling paper novelties and publishing children's books. The company was bought by American Colortype in the 1930s.Context
These cloth story books were kept by the donor's Gigeay grandparents in a bookcase on their front porch at 300 5th Street S. E. They belonged to the donor's uncles, Jim and Bob Gigeay. The donor and her sisters played library with them using the ink pad and stamper their grandfather had used when he was a conductor in the Chicago & Northwestern (C & NW) Railroad passenger service; hence the reason for all of the date stamps on the book.Lexicon
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Object Name
Book, Hansel & GretelBook Details
Publisher
Samuel Gabriel Sons & Co.Date Published
1939Create Date
January 10, 2024Update Date
September 19, 2024