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LEFTON COLLECTABLES-George Zoltan Lefton:
George was a Hungarian immigrant who arrived in Chicago in 1939. Although his background was in marketing and designing specialty clothing, he had a passion for collecting fine porcelain.
The Lefton Company was founded in 1941.
Occupied Japan:
Lefton traveled to Japan in 1945 to seal an importing agreement and the first Lefton China product marked "Made in Occupied Japan" reached the United States in 1946.
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