| Year
|
Event
|
| 1898 |
the company is founded by Roy Conklin in Toledo, Ohio as Self-Filling Fountain Pen Company
|
| 1901 |
the Self Fountain Pen Co. is renamed as Conklin Pen Manufacturing Co
|
| 1903 |
the company hires Mark Twain as testimonial in its advertisement campaign
|
| 1904 |
Roy Conklin retires selling his quotes on the company (or 1907)
|
| 1907 |
the Conklin Pen Manufacturing Co was renamed Conklin Pen Company (do not match with patent data)
|
| 1909 |
the company starts imprinting "trade mark crescent filler" on the crescent of crescent filler
|
| 1916 |
the company introduces its spring clip
|
| 1918 |
the company starts imprinting its brand name Conklin on the other side of crescent filler cescent
|
| 1920 |
the company removes the addition of the Saxon genitive "'s" to the name
|
| 1921 |
the company introduces the first lever filler models
|
| 1923 |
the company introduces the Duragraph
|
| 1924 |
the company introduces the Endura
|
| 1925 |
the company retires the crescent filler
|
| 1929 |
the company introduces the Black and Pearl color on the Endura
|
| 1930 |
the company introduces the All-American sub-brand for economic production (uncertain date[1])
|
| 1930 |
the company introduces the Streamlined Endura Symetrik
|
| 1930 |
the company retires the Endura Flattop version
|
| 1931 |
the company introduces the Nozac
|
| 1932 |
the company introduces the Word gauge on the Nozac
|
| 1937 |
the company introduces the One Stroke
|
| 1937 |
the company introduces the Cushon Point nibs
|
| 1938 |
the company introduces the Glider
|
| 1938 |
all Conklin assets are sold to a Chicago investor group
|
| 1938 |
the company retires the Endura Symetrik
|
| 1938 |
the company retires the Nozac
|
| 1939 |
Conklin production is transferred to Chicago
|
| 1948 |
the company ceases operations
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