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Norton Simon kept the McCall pattern business, which continues under different ownership. [16] In 1986, McCall's Publishing Company was bought by Time Inc. and Lang Communications. [17] In 1989, McCall's was sold to The New York Times Company, and in 1994, German-based Gruner + Jahr announced plans to purchase their magazine business. [8]
McCall usually printed the date of release on their envelopes (the only company which consistently did so before mid-century), which makes it easy to date their patterns. Weldon's was the first major commercial pattern company in England, founded in 1879, and accompanied by a magazine to sell the patterns. [ 2 ]
In 1929, McCall's Corporation purchased two short story magazines. [6] Blue Book had its name modified to Bluebook and remained a short story magazine until McCall's discontinued publication in 1956. [7] Red Book had its name modified to Redbook and evolved into a general interest magazine that published fiction and nonfiction. [8]
1963 McCall's pattern #6941, Raggedy Ann pattern has lost her cape, dolls now come in three sizes; 1970 McCall's pattern #2531, dolls come in three sizes, with a simplified pattern and different hair and face embroidery pattern, loss of button eyes [101] 1977 McCall's pattern #5713, identical to previous #2531 pattern, different cover; ca. 1980 ...
His first major deal was the purchase of the McCall Pattern Company, a home sewing pattern business, for $22.5 million. Lewis had learned from an article in Fortune that the Esmark holding company, which recently purchased Norton Simon, planned to divest from the McCall Pattern Company, a maker of home sewing patterns founded in 1870. With ...
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