Private company
American Legend Cooperative
Agricultural marketing coop for mink fur
The American Legend Cooperative (ALC) was an agricultural marketing cooperative of mink fur farmers in the United States and Canada, best known for its Blackglama, American Legend, and older LEGEND brands of fur. American Legend was formed in 1986 as a merger of the Great Lakes Mink Association (GLMA) and the Mutation Mink Breeders Association (EMBA). It was acquired by North American Fur Auctions in 2018.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- HeadquartersSeattle1
- Legal formcooperative1
- Kind of organizationCooperative1
- LEIF8N5WDV979VJFMSW3B063
- StatusActive3
- LEI statusLapsed (not renewed)3
- Registered addressC/O DL Services Inc, 98104 Seattle, United States3
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The American Legend Cooperative (ALC) was an agricultural marketing cooperative of mink fur farmers in the United States and Canada, best known for its Blackglama, American Legend, and older LEGEND brands of fur. American Legend was formed in 1986 as a merger of the Great Lakes Mink Association (GLMA) and the Mutation Mink Breeders Association (EMBA). It was acquired by North American Fur Auctions in 2018.2
Products and brands
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1976: Martha Graham, Margot Fonteyn, Lillian Hellman, Rudolf Nureyev
1977: Shirley MacLaine, Suzy Knickerbocker, Liv Ullmann, Diana Vreeland
1978: Faye Dunaway, Joan Fontaine (later reprinted as the cover of her autobiography 'No Bed of Roses'), Helen Hayes
1979: Lillian Gish, Angela Lansbury, Renata Scotto
1980: Myrna Loy, Ann Miller, Maggie Smith, Lana Turner
1981: Luciano Pavarotti, Gloria Swanson, Natalie Wood
1982: Julie Andrews, Sophia Loren
1983: Elizabeth Taylor
1984: Lucille Ball, Dinah Shore
1985: Ann-Margret
1986: Cher
1987: Audrey Hepburn
1988: Catherine Deneuve
1990: Ray Charles
1991: Jessica Tandy
1992: Jessye Norman
1993: Debbie Reynolds
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2004: Cindy Crawford
2005: Elle Macpherson
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2013: Carolyn Murphy
2014: Hilary Rhoda
2015: Jessica Stam
2017: Daphne Groeneveld
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Links
- WikipediaAmerican Legend Cooperative
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- WikidataQ4033907
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