Little Red Riding Hood No. 527

Name/Title

Little Red Riding Hood No. 527

Entry/Object ID

63.23.16

Description

Little Red Riding Hood Book. Material: paper. Size: 5 1/2" x 7 1/2". Description: paper, textile "Linenett" nursery rhyme book, "Little Red Riding Hood" 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, Little Red Riding Hood

Book Details

Publisher

Samuel Gabriel Sons & Co.

Date Published

1939

Create Date

January 11, 2024

Update Date

September 19, 2024