Coburn Supply Company – An American Standard Showroom that Keeps It All in the Family
Coburn Supply Company – An American Standard Showroom that Keeps It All in the Family
6 PagesCase study: Coburn Supply Company – An American Standard ® Showroom that Keeps It All in the Family It was 1934 when Coburn Supply Company founder Albert J. Coburn heard opportunity knock a second time. Three years earlier he’d gone to work for a newly opened plumbing supply distributor in Beaumont, Texas after the stock market crash of 1929 put an end to his con- tractor business. Coburn approached the plumbing supply distributor to buy its
