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American Girl (Firm)

LC control no.n 2001062654
Descriptive conventionsrda
Corporate name headingAmerican Girl (Firm)
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Variant(s)American Girls (Firm)
American Girl, Inc.
Mattel, Inc. American Girl
See alsoPredecessor: Pleasant Company
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Beginning date2004
LocatedMiddleton (Wis.)
Found inThe American Girls dress designer, c1999: disc label (American Girls)
Coconut's guide to life, c2003: t.p. (American Girl) verso t.p. (American Girl is a trademark of the Pleasant Company)
Pleasant Company home page, Mar. 23, 2004 (The American Girl business was founded as Pleasant Company in 1985 by Pleasant T. Rowland and was acquired by Mattel, Inc. in 1998. American Girl products are marketed and distributed through the company's award-winning catalogue; its Web site, americangirl.com; and American Girl Placeʼ, its proprietary retail stores. The American Girl books are also available in bookstores nationwide.)
FundingUniverse WWW site, Sept. 18, 2009 (Pleasant Company officially changed company name to American Girl, Inc. in early 2004; source: Wisconsin state journal, Jan. 11, 2004)
Funding Universe website, viewd December 12, 2023: American Girl, Inc. History (Middleton, Wisconsin)