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Chronology

Year Event
1897 Roy Conklin patented the crescent filler
1898 Roy Conklin founded the Self-Filling Fountain Pen Company
1901 The Self-Filling Fountain Pen Company was renamed Conklin Pen Manufacturing Company
1903 An aggressive advertising campaign was started having Mark Twain as testimonial
1904 Roy Conklin retires selling his quotes on the company (or 1907)
1907 The Conklin Pen Manufacturing Company was renamed Conklin Pen Company (do not match with patent data)
1916 The spring clip was patented
1921 Introduced the first lever filler models
1923 Introduced the Duragraph model
1924 Introduced the celluloid material and Duragraph was renamed as Endura
1925 The crescent filler was retired
1929 Introduced the Symetrik model (or 1930?)
1929 Retired the flat top Endura model (or 1930?)
1930 Started the All-American economy line
1931 Introduced the Nozac model
1934 Introduced the word gauge on Nozac
1937 Introduced the One Stroke
1938 Introduced the Glider model
1938 Toledo plants were closed and the production was moved to Chicago
1948 Conklin ceases production