I didn't realize calendars were such a hot industry in Iowa. My hometown, Red Oak, is the birthplace of advertising art calendars. The company has been closed for many years, but at one time it was a major employer in town.There used to be a calendar factory in Washington, Iowa that printed off all the Playboy and other nudie calendars. There wasn't a pole building in Washington County that didn't have a dozen or so to gaze upon while quaffing a Busch Light or six...
Old calendar factory in Washington, Iowa, is poised to flip the page
By Cindy Hadish WASHINGTON, Iowa -- The former McCleery Calendar Factory building -- a company that went from one of the country's largest manufacturers of religious calendars to becoming exclusive producers of Hugh Hefner's line of Playboy calendars -- could soon see a new chapter. A group of...homegrowniowan.com