Birmingham businessman A. G. Gaston's only business failure was a soft-drink venture he founded in 1938, the Brown Belle Bottling Company.
Brown Belle Bottling Company
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Courtesy of the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
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Birmingham businessman A. G. Gaston's only business failure was a soft-drink venture he founded in 1938, the Brown Belle Bottling Company.