LC control no. | n 79016831 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Strauss, Levi, 1829-1902 |
Variant(s) | Strauss, Löb, 1829-1902 |
Birth date | 1829-02-26 |
Death date | 1902-09-26 |
Place of birth | Buttenheim (Germany) |
Place of death | San Francisco (Calif.) |
Profession or occupation | Businessmen Philanthropists |
Type of family | male |
Found in | Masson, I. Die Levi Strauss Saga, 1978 (subj.) t.p. (Levi Strauss) p. 245-246 (b. 1829 in Bavaria; founder of the firm Levi Strauss & Co.; d. 9/26/02 in San Francisco) Von Löb Strauss zu Levi Strauss, 2011 (subj.) p. 4 of cover (changed name from Löb to Levi when he emigrated to the United States) Wikipedia, 12 September 2017 (Levi Strauss (born Löb Strauss [Eszett used on actual item], February 26, 1829, Buttenheim, Kingdom of Bavaria - September 26, 1902, San Francisco, California); was a German-American businessman who founded Levi Strauss & Co. (1853) in San Francisco, California; orginally moved to the western U.S. to sell dry goods during the California Gold Rush) |