The Miami News — October 8th, 1923
Even 100 years ago it was about reaching out to specific customers in hopes of selling specific products. Though our product offering has changed over time, the fundamentals of our customer service have remained the same.
Five-V Crimped Galvanized roofing panel that we sold prior to World War II. It would have been between 1902 when we changed the name to “Conklin Tin Plate and Metal Company” and mid-1940’s when we closed the Savannah branch when the United States entered WW2.It is likely from the 1920’s,…
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By Robbie ThompsonToday’s steel market can be difficult to navigate. However, I cannot imagine what it must have been like in 1918.I was digging thru some old Conklin paperwork, and came across this tattered document that had gotten stuck to an old stock certificate from 1919. It was a “Special…
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The tinware manufacturing portion of the business was sold to the American Can Company. The business continued out of the same warehouse under the new name of Conklin Tin Plate and Metal Company. Having sold the largest segment of the company, he closed the retail department on Whitehall Street and…
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Having sold the largest segment of the company, the focus shifts to that of the wholesale trade of “Tin Plate, Metals, Solder, Sheet Copper, Sheet Iron, Conductor Pipe, Tinmen’s Machines and Tools”.