Interview with Rose Stolowy about her life and her family's experience in the Kansas City garment industry. She recounts her husband Saul's immigration to the United States from Poland, his background in tailoring and design, and his work for and later ownership of Kansas City Custom Garment Company. She notes famous clients including Harry Truman, Nelson Rockefeller, and Kansas City Police chief and FBI director Clarence Kelley, and recalls starting her own fabric business, Midtown Fabric Shop, at 39th and Troost. She also recounts meeting and marrying Saul, and says that he helped Truman enter the haberdashery business.
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