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Collection, 1951-1990 (bulk 1966-1990). 2 boxes; 1 volume
Gale-Sobel Co. was a manufacturer of men’s slacks and by the early 1960s also
manufactured big and tall men's sizes. In the 1980s the company tried manufacturing clothes for
tall women with the addition of the Willow Collection for Tall Women. The company was
started circa 1919 as Gale-Sobel-Spizel Co., and in 1920 changed its name to Gale-Sobel. The
founders were Harry Gale and Benjamin Sobel. Located at 1021 Lucas Ave. in 1921, the
company later moved to 1015 Washington Ave. in St. Louis.
Collection consists primarily of manufacturer’s catalogs and workbooks with fabric
swatches, 1966-1990. It includes manufacturer’s catalogs and fabric swatches for the Willow
Collection for Tall Women, 1981-1983; a scrapbook of newsclippings of men’s fashions, 1951-
1955; and advertising materials and newsclippings.
Cite as: Gale-Sobel Co. Collection, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2888
Gallaher Boiler Co. (St. Louis, Missouri).
Circular, circa 1922. 1 item
Circular of The Gallaher Boiler Co. promoting the Gallaher gas fired tubular boiler for hot
water vapor and steam heating. Circular includes an illustration of the boiler; a partial list of St.
Louis users of the boiler for house heating purposes; and illustrations of five homes equipped
with the boiler.
Cite as: Gallaher Boiler Co. Circular, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2745
Galt Family.
Papers, 1944-1953. 6 items [formerly Alphabetical File]
Papers contain family history sheets for the Missouri Historical Society filled out by Martin
Epler Galt and his wife, Carrie Noel Scott Galt, 123 North Ferguson Ave., Ferguson, St. Louis
County, Missouri, April 29, 1952, which include genealogical data on the Galt and Scott
families. Papers also include four marriage announcements of the daughters of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Franklin Galt: Mary Chauncey Potter Galt to Eugene Pettus, Jr., September 26, 1950;
Frances Serena Franklin Galt to Martin Schweig, Jr., January 6, 1951; Anne Kennett Galt to Per
Johan Aschan, July 18, 1953; and Agnes Potter Galt to William Glasgow Clark, July 29, 1954.
Cite as: Galt Family Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0549
Gamble, Hamilton Rowan (1798-1864).
Papers, 1787-1876; 1907; 1961-1964. 12 boxes; 1 oversize folder
Hamilton R. Gamble was a lawyer, secretary of state of Missouri (1824), and provisional
governor of Missouri during the Civil War (1861-1864). He married Caroline J. Coalter, sister of
Mrs. Edward Bates, in 1827. He was a member of the Whig party, and in 1851 he was elected to
the Missouri Supreme Court. He resigned in 1855 because of ill health. He moved to
Philadelphia to educate his children, but returned to Missouri when the political situation became
critical in 1861.
Papers consist of deeds and other early land papers, correspondence, etc. The materials prior
to 1861 relate mostly to land affairs in Missouri Territory and Missouri and other legal affairs
that stem from Gamble's career as an attorney and judge. Also includes material on the founding
of Marion College at Palmyra, Missouri, by the Presbyterian Church (1838-1842); a St. Louis
docket book (1818-1827); and business papers of Pitzer and Price of Fincastle, Virginia, and St.