| WESTERN PRINTING AND LITHOGRAPHY CO. |
| | Name and vital stats |
| | | WESTERN PRINTING AND LITHOGRAPHY CO. | NULL |
| | Note |
| | | 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 |
| | | Parent company of WESTERN PUBLISHING | NULL |