WESTERN PRINTING AND LITHOGRAPHY CO.
	Name and vital stats
		WESTERN PRINTING AND LITHOGRAPHY CO.	NULL
	Note
		(Parent company of WESTERN PUBLISHING, q.v.)	NULL
		1910 Founded as WESTSIDE PRINTING CO.	> 10
		1916 Became WHITMAN PUBLISHING CO. after acquiring Hamming-Whitman	> 16
		1923 Started making puzzles & games	> 23
		1925 Acquired Western Playing Card Co.	> 25
		1929 (or thereabouts) Produced jigsaw puzzles	> 29
		1932 Began producing Big Little Books	> 32
		1933 Acquired an exclusive DISNEY contract	> 33
		1934 Bought printing plant in Poughkeepsie New York, printing comics there to '70s	> 34
		1938-58 Produced children's books for Simon and Shuster	> 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58
		1939-62 Produced comic books for DELL	> 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62
		1941 (or thereabouts) Opened editorial office in Beverly Hills, CA.	> 41
		1942 Began producing Little Golden Books	> 42
		1958 Began producing Golden Press Books	> 58
		1958-64 Produced children's books for Pocket Books	> 58 59 60 61 62 63 64
		1962 Began line of WHITMAN and GOLD KEY COMICS; see WESTERN PUBLISHING	> 62
		1979-c83 Owned by Mattel (toy company)	> 79 80 81 82 83