Translations:Conklin/17/en

Chronology

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)
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