Publishing
Publishing Companies
Norman Publishing Corporation; Metro Publishing Corporation; and North American Publishing (a Washington, D.C. company). The first of the USA Companies, was Norman Publishing Company, created in 1967 to publishing a pocket Zip Code Directory, that sold over 1 million copies through Dennison Mfg Company. That led to Metro Publishing Company, which items included various calendar diaries; a magazine for the National Club Association, and a magazine for a leading Washington, D.C. credit card company. That led the creation of North American Publishing, to assist the John F. Kennedy Center in the publication of their opening magazine, and then their program magazines (then published by the Saturday Review).


Kennedy Center

Play the game for safety
Published by Norman Publishing Company, was a children’s activity book designed to teach children safety tips. The activity book was written by Inspector Dick Mansfield, a policeman who for more than 40 years visited more than 275 elementary schools each year promoting child safety.

Emblem
Emblem Magazine was first published in 1973, by Metro Publishing Company on behalf of Central Charge Services (a Riggs National Bank Company). Central Charge was one of the first multi merchant charge cards for merchants in Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C.


