“Teamwork makes the dream work” (teamwork adage)

“Teamwork makes the dream work” is a teamwork adage that has appeared on gift items such as T-shirts and posters. “Teamwork makes the dream work” has been cited in print since at least 1992 and 1993, with both cites from Ohio.
     
 
ThinkSlogans.com
teamwork makes the dream work
 
Google News Archive
9 October 1992, The Blade (Toledo, OH), “Rams learn how to win” by Aimee Ford, pg. 23, col. 3:
“So the biggest thing we have to do is work as a unit. We even developed a slogan to put on the backs of the kids shirts, ‘Teamwork makes the dream work.’”
 
Google Books
Ohio Media Spectrum
Ohio Educational Library/Media Association
Volumes 45-47; Volume 45, Issue 47
1993
Pg. 26:
But the theme for the year, “Teamwork Makes the Dream Work,” saved OELMA.
 
1 March 1995, Santa Fe (NM) Reporter, pg. 40, col. 4 ad:
TEAM WORK
MAKES THE DREAM WORK
JOIN THE BEST TEAM IN S.F.
SALES EXP. PREFERRED
     
Google News Archive
16 October 1995, Sarasota (FL) Herald-Tribune, “Education News,” pg. 5B, col. 4:
The volunteer coordinator will go over all volunteer procedures and show the video “Teamwork Makes the Dream Work.”
 
OCLC WorldCat record
Teamwork makes the dream work : leave no child behind : Preschool to Grade 5/Title I Eighth Annual Program Sharing Conference, November 29-30, 1995, Hilton Hotel (Marc Plaza), Milwaukee, WI
Author: Wisconsin. Dept. of Public Instruction.; et al
Publisher: [Madison, Wis.?] : Wisconsin Dept. of Public Instruction, [1995]
Edition/Format:  Book : Conference publication : State or province government publication : English
 
OCLC WorldCat record
Teamwork makes the dream work
Author: John C Maxwell
Publisher: Nashville, Tenn. : J. Countryman, ©2002.
Edition/Format:  Book : English
 
OCLC WorldCat record
Teamwork Makes The Dream Work
Author: P Barry
Edition/Format:  Article : English
Publication: DENTAL PRACTICE MANAGEMENT, no. Aut, (2006): 10-13
Database: British Library Serials
 
(Trademark)
rd Mark TEAMWORK MAKES THE DREAM WORK
Goods and Services (CANCELLED) IC 016. US 002 005 022 023 029 037 038 050. G & S: Printed matter and publications, namely posters, note pads and bookmarks. FIRST USE: 20010927. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 20010927
(CANCELLED) IC 021. US 002 013 023 029 030 033 040 050. G & S: Mugs. FIRST USE: 20010510. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 20010510
(CANCELLED) IC 025. US 022 039. G & S: T-shirts, caps. FIRST USE: 20000415. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 20000415
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