Skol Company
Bill Miller and George Gallowhur with Sunstill

The Skol Company produced Skol antiseptic for sunburn[1] and Skol sunglasses[2] from the 1920s[3] through the mid-1940s. Based in New York City,[4] their products were available in the United States and Canada.[5] George Gallowhur[a] was president of the business.[4] He developed Skol suntan lotion in the Austrian Alps in the 1920s. He also introduced Skat insect repellent.[3]

In April 1938, the firm signed a five-year contract with the J. Walter Thompson Company for car-card advertising.[1]The following month the Skol Company launched a nationwide campaign to promote Skol sunglasses, utilizing newspapers throughout the United States.[2]

Merger and sale

On November 6, 1946, the Skol Company merged with the Gallowhur Chemical Company. Gallowhur maintained his titles as president and treasurer.[6] The Skol business was sold to the J.B. Williams Company in 1948.

Gallowhur died at the age of 69 at the Miami Heart Institute in Miami, Florida, in March 1974.[3]

Notes

  1. ^ Gallowhur was the first husband of Elizabeth Scripps, better known as Nackey Loeb via her second marriage, to newspaper publisher William Loeb III.

References

  1. ^ a b Advertising News and Notes, New York Times, April 26, 1938, pg. 36.
  2. ^ a b Skol Uses Newspapers, New York Times, April 12, 1938, pg. 42.
  3. ^ a b c George Gallowhur, 69, Dies; Founder of Skol Company, New York Times, March 5, 1974, pg. 36.
  4. ^ a b Business Notes, New York Times, June 3, 1938, pg. 28.
  5. ^ Advertising News, New York Times, September 11, 1937, pg. 28.
  6. ^ Gallowhur Corp. Founder Announces Skol Merger, New York Times, November 7, 1946, pg. 52.
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