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 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]

  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 Cite error: The named reference gallowhur was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ a b Business Notes, New York Times, June 3, 1938, pg. 28.
  5. ^ Advertising News, New York Times, September 11, 1937, pg. 28.