R.B. Snyder Equipment Company, located at 504 South Main in Gallatin, MO, sold International Harvester, McCormick-Deering farm implements.
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A predecessor to Thompson Implement once located on South Main Street in Gallatin was the R.B. Snyder Equipment Company. The business offered International Harvester and McCormick-Deering farm machines and repair. Shown in front of the building (which later became the south shed for Thompson Implement, next to the motel) are: Mr. Rulace, Frank Jones, Bob Davis, Dr. Nelson, Gallatin Mayor Gann, and ___ . (date unknown)
My Grandfather Ralph Bryan Snyder (R.B.Snyder) is the man in white standing with his leg crossed in the center of the photo. His company operated throughout the 1930s and into the 1940s. He was married to Eva Corrine Thurman and had two sons, Robin and Donald. The two boys were well known performers who danced and competed at events all over Daviess County in the 1930s. Ralph died in 1949 and is buried at Brown Cemetery in Gallatin.