{"id":3559097696320,"title":"Crowell Collier and Macmillan, Inc.","handle":"crowell-collier-and-macmillan-inc","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNicely engraved antique stock certificate from Crowell Collier and Macmillan, Inc. dating back to the 1960's. This document, which carries the printed signatures of the company President and Secretary, was printed by the American Bank Note Company and measures approximately 12\" (w) by 8\" (h).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis certificate's vignette features a trio of allegorical figures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eImages\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eYou will receive the exact certificate picture\u003cem\u003ed.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHistorical Context\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThomas Y. Crowell founded his own book binder in 1834. In 1876 he began \u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/ghostsofwallstreet.com\/collections\/publishing\"\u003epublishing\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e books. His son, T. Irving Crowell, joined the business in 1882. Another son, Jeremiah Osborne Crowell, was sales manager. The family issued a profitable line of reference works: Roget's International Thesaurus; Dictionary of Business and Finance; Social Science Series. They also published a variety of fiction titles: Frank Heller detective\/mystery series; children's books and gift volumes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe died in 1909 and was succeeded by T. Irving Crowell. In 1919, Crowell purchased Collier Publishing. Irving Crowell retired in 1937, replaced by third generation Robert L. Crowell, who moved the firm more toward trade books and biographies. In 1938, Elizabeth Riley joined the firm to develop a children's book division. She became one of the first women in the field. 1939 the name was changed to the Crowell-Collier Publishing Company.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter World War II, the company went into decline, especially the magazine division (which included Collier’s Weekly). By 1956, the magazines were shut down. The firm now found itself with nothing but the Harvard Classics and Collier's Encyclopedia. The company decided to expand into \u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/ghostsofwallstreet.com\/collections\/entertainment-radio-tv-music-movies\"\u003eradio\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e and textbooks. In 1960, the company suffered a hostile take-over by MacMillan. The company was later renamed Crowell-Collier and Macmillan, before finally simply being called Macmillan Publishing.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2019-04-24T11:54:49-04:00","created_at":"2019-04-24T11:54:49-04:00","vendor":"Ghosts of Wall Street","type":"Stock Certificates","tags":["*C*","1960s","Crowell Collier \u0026 Macmillan","Date_1960s","Media \u0026 Communications","Price_Under $10","Publishing","Under $10"],"price":700,"price_min":700,"price_max":700,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":33283713499271,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"3242","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Crowell Collier and Macmillan, Inc.","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":700,"weight":7,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0055\/6253\/1904\/products\/3242bl.png?v=1584468452","\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0055\/6253\/1904\/products\/3242blvign.png?v=1584468463"],"featured_image":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0055\/6253\/1904\/products\/3242bl.png?v=1584468452","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Crowell Collier and Macmillan, Inc. 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This document, which carries the printed signatures of the company President and Secretary, was printed by the American Bank Note Company and measures approximately 12\" (w) by 8\" (h).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis certificate's vignette features a trio of allegorical figures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eImages\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eYou will receive the exact certificate picture\u003cem\u003ed.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHistorical Context\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThomas Y. Crowell founded his own book binder in 1834. In 1876 he began \u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/ghostsofwallstreet.com\/collections\/publishing\"\u003epublishing\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e books. His son, T. Irving Crowell, joined the business in 1882. Another son, Jeremiah Osborne Crowell, was sales manager. The family issued a profitable line of reference works: Roget's International Thesaurus; Dictionary of Business and Finance; Social Science Series. They also published a variety of fiction titles: Frank Heller detective\/mystery series; children's books and gift volumes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe died in 1909 and was succeeded by T. Irving Crowell. In 1919, Crowell purchased Collier Publishing. Irving Crowell retired in 1937, replaced by third generation Robert L. Crowell, who moved the firm more toward trade books and biographies. In 1938, Elizabeth Riley joined the firm to develop a children's book division. She became one of the first women in the field. 1939 the name was changed to the Crowell-Collier Publishing Company.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter World War II, the company went into decline, especially the magazine division (which included Collier’s Weekly). By 1956, the magazines were shut down. The firm now found itself with nothing but the Harvard Classics and Collier's Encyclopedia. The company decided to expand into \u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/ghostsofwallstreet.com\/collections\/entertainment-radio-tv-music-movies\"\u003eradio\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e and textbooks. In 1960, the company suffered a hostile take-over by MacMillan. The company was later renamed Crowell-Collier and Macmillan, before finally simply being called Macmillan Publishing.\u003c\/p\u003e"}