| Biography |
| WESTERN PRINTING AND LITHOGRAPHY CO. |
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WESTERN PRINTING AND LITHOGRAPHY CO. |
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(Parent company of WESTERN PUBLISHING, q.v.) |
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1910 Founded as WESTSIDE PRINTING CO. |
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1916 Became WHITMAN PUBLISHING CO. after acquiring Hamming-Whitman |
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1923 Started making puzzles & games |
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1925 Acquired Western Playing Card Co. |
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1929 (or thereabouts) Produced jigsaw puzzles |
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1932 Began producing Big Little Books |
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1933 Acquired an exclusive DISNEY contract |
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1934 Bought printing plant in Poughkeepsie New York, printing comics there to '70s |
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1938-58 Produced children's books for Simon and Shuster |
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1939-62 Produced comic books for DELL |
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1941 (or thereabouts) Opened editorial office in Beverly Hills, CA. |
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1942 Began producing Little Golden Books |
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1958 Began producing Golden Press Books |
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1958-64 Produced children's books for Pocket Books |
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1962 Began line of WHITMAN and GOLD KEY COMICS; see WESTERN PUBLISHING |
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1979-c83 Owned by Mattel (toy company) |
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