| CREATORS | TITLES | IMAGES | IMPRINTS | CHARACTERS |
  | |
| Former type | Coloring Book Publisher |
|---|---|
| Industry | Books |
| Founded | 1899 |
| Defunct | 1977 |
History[]
The Saalfield Publishing Company (1899-1977) was a publishing company that specialized in children's books and related merchandise.
A large portion of the surviving merchandise found on eBay tends to fall into the categories of coloring/activity books and box sets or puzzles, generally of the inlaid puzzle variety.
5 banks consolidated their Saalfield loans in the 1970's and decided to put Saalfield into receivership. Artcraft, a division of Saalfield, was spun off into it's own company but outside decisions made determined that it was a company in name only, so it didn't last.
Rand McNally ended up buying up most or all of Saalfield's licenses and stock on hand. Specifically the Harvey Comics and Hanna-Barbera licenses, but probably others as well.
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- Saalfield
- Artcraft
Further Reading[]
If you search google for both "Rand McNally" and Saalfield you can find a page where Rand McNally renewed Saalfield copyrights from 1957.
You can also find an article from the Sep 19, 1976 issue of The Akron Beacon Journal (of Akron, Ohio) titled "120 Workers Lose Pensions At Saalfield". It details the fall of Saalfield. Including the speculation that the greedy bankers didn't have to kill the publisher. The google link dumps you on page 7. The story begins on page 1, but most of that is about a man dying of cancer who lost his health insurance, most of the fall of Saalfield information is on page 7.
 This company is or was an Independent Publisher, and published its own comics. It may have since then become defunct, or been bought by another company. This template will categorize articles that include it into the Publishers category. |