Wire Gauze Oven Door from AJC 1889
Conklin ad from the Atlanta Constitution from March 1889 promoting the Wire Gauze Oven Door for your stove or oven.
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1888 Conklin moves to Atlanta and buys A.P. Stewart & Co.
Mr. Conklin moves to Atlanta and bought AP Stewart & Co., operating under the name Charles A. Conklin Mfg. Co. The nature of the business was “Tin Plate, Metals, Tinner’s Stock, Stoves, Etc.” He continued to operate the Whitehall store as the retail department.
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1879 Stewart & Fain
Stewart & Wood was operating under the name Stewart & Fain located at 69 Whitehall St. in a 3‐story warehouse that extended to Whitehall and Broad St (200’). The second story was devoted to manufacturing of tin ware and straw brooms.
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1878 Charles A. Conklin
Charles A. Conklin begins employment with Lyon Conklin & Co. in Baltimore, eventually becoming a partner. Born in New York City July 1848, Charles grew up in Baltimore and started working in 1866 for Lyon, Conklin & Company, a company founded in 1860 by his father Daniel, along with William Lyon. He became a partner
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1874 A.P. Stewart Hardware
Conklin originally operated as a stove, tin ware and house furnishing business on Whitehall Street in Atlanta under the name A.P. Stewart & Co. This business was managed by Andrew P. Stewart, who was “one of the most popular men in Atlanta”, and who later became the Fulton County Tax collector—a position he held for
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