Editorial Haynes

Its building was located on Rio de Janeiro and Bogotá in Almagro, Buenos Aires. In 1948 the Grupo ALEA, managed by peronist official Carlos Aloe took over the control of Editorial Haynes after acquiring 51% of the company shares. When the coup d'etat named Revolución Libertadora ended the second presidential term of Juan Perón, Editorial Haynes' building and assets were expropriated by the Military Government. Some of its collaborators had to exiliate in Mexico. Being one of the largest publishers in Latin America at its time, Editorial Haynes is regarded as one of the milestones of the Argentine publishing industry. Roots to the publishing company can be traced in a meeting between Alberto Haynes (an English immigrant to Argentina in 1887 who had worked at the Buenos Aires Western Railway) and Ricardo Claudio Magnussen, his professor at the Buenos Aires English High School. During that meeting Haynes agreed to buy Magnussen an old Minerva printing machine so he had the idea of publishing a magazine intended for a family audience. His wish was fulfilled when he released El Consejero del Hogar (then simply El Hogar) in 1904.