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