Back in 1880, the pioneer days of early San Francisco, brothers Frank and Joe Conklin opened a carpet cleaning business on Golden Gate Avenue called "The Pacific Steam Carpet Cleaning and Renovating Works." In those days carpeting was made in 3-foot widths and was used in hallways and hand-sewn together to fit room sizes.

Pick-up and delivery of carpet to be cleaned was done by wagon with a matched set of mules. As the carpet industry progressed, so did the Conklin brothers, keeping pace with the floorcovering needs of the constantly growing San Francisco Bay Area.

After the death and retirement of the Conklin brothers, Joseph Emmons and his son Jack turned Conklin Bros. into a multi-store operation, Conklin Bros. of San Jose, Inc.

Spun off from the Emmons' stores in 1958, Abbey Carpets began in Sacramento, California. During the past 50 years, Abbey has grown to over 750 locations with stores located throughout the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Bahamas. Abbey has come a long way to become "America's Choice" in flooring fashions. Today Abbey flooring and other home fashion products can be found in more than 5,000,000 homes.

While taking advantage of the benefits of a national franchise, each Abbey store is independently owned and operated. The desire to bring customers the best selection, value, and quality of products is the common thread that has brought these independent floor covering stores together.

The Best of Old and New

You are assured the personal attention and service you have come to expect as an Abbey customer. Plus, your local Abbey store is a member of the original and fastest growing retail franchise in the industry. This results in national buying power which assures you great value on all floor covering and home fashion products.

When all is said and done, you, the customer, should have all the advantages in your favor. So why not choose a supplier than can offer you the best of everything?

• Conklin Bros. Abbey Carpets offers more because floorcovering is the only thing we do, and we do it best.
• Conklin Bros. Abbey Carpets professionally trained service people are anxious to serve and please our customers.
• Conklin Bros. Abbey Carpets is a full service floorcovering company for Carpet, Vinyl, Tile, Linoleum, Hardwood flooring, Laminates and Area Rugs.
• Conklin Bros. Abbey Carpets is part of a 750-store national buying group with installations in over 6 Million homes.
• Conklin Bros. Abbey Carpets, established in 1880, has over 130 years of reliable experience and customer satisfaction.
• Conklin Bros. Abbey Carpets, being one of the largest floor covering groups in the nation, has strong ties with all the popular carpet mills, fiber companies, vinyl, wood, and padding producers, effecting favorable pricing and delivery.
• Conklin Bros. Abbey Carpets guarantees satisfaction on all residential installations. Most products have a no questions 60-day satisfaction guarantee. We have a lifetime residential carpet installation guarantee. Most important however, is the fact that we care and service what we sell, creating a lasting relationship with our customers that they can rely upon.

Look at our Customer List . . . it's a small portion of the many thousands of customers we have served. It represents the millions of yards of carpeting Conklin Bros. has sold and installed in San Jose and Silicon Valley. Our priority is total commitment to product and service perfection.

To be sure of the right carpet and floorcovering for your next important job, give Conklin Bros. / Abbey Carpets a call and enjoy working with the professionals.

You can count on us... people have since 1880.