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McLoughlin Bros., Inc. was a New York publishing firm active between 1858 and
1920. The company was a pioneer in color printing technologies in
children's books. The company specialized in retellings or
bowdlerizations of classic stories for children. The artistic and
commercial roots of the McLoughlin firm were first developed by John
McLoughlin, Jr. ( who made his younger brother Edmund McLoughlin a
partner in 1855. By 1886, the firm published a wide range of items
including cheap chapbooks, large folio picture books, linen books,
puzzles, games and paper dolls. Many of the earliest and most valuable
board games in America were produced by McLoughlin Brothers of New York.
In 1920 the corporation was sold to Milton Bradley & Company. McLoughlin
ceased game production at this time, but continued publishing their
picture books.
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