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Levi Strauss
Levi Strauss ( ; born Löb Strauß, ; February 26, 1829 – September 26, 1902) was a German-born American businessman who founded the first company to manufacture jeans, blue jeans. His firm of Levi Strauss & Co. (Levi's) began in 1853 in San Francisco, California. Early life Levi Strauss was born to a Jewish family in Buttenheim on February 26, 1829, in the Franconia region of the Kingdom of Bavaria in the German Confederation. He was the son of Hirsch Strauss and Hirsch’s second wife, Rebecca Strauss (née Haas). In 1847, aged 18, Strauss travelled with his mother and two sisters to the United States to join his brothers Jonas and Louis, who had begun a wholesale dry goods business in New York City called J. Strauss Brother & Co., at 108 Liberty Street in Manhattan. After arriving in New York, Strauss worked as an itinerant peddler of goods from his brother's store: kettles, blankets and sewing goods. Business career Levi's sister Fanny and her husband David Stern (busin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buttenheim
Buttenheim is a market town in the Upper Franconian district of Bamberg (district), Bamberg and lies in the Regnitz Valley between Bamberg and Nuremberg, Germany. Buttenheim is Levi Strauss's birthplace: the future inventor of Jeans, blue jeans emigrated from Germany to the United States in 1847. Constituent communities The market community of Buttenheim has the following constituent communities: * Buttenheim, the namesake community * Dreuschendorf * Frankendorf (Buttenheim), Frankendorf * Gunzendorf (Buttenheim), Gunzendorf * Hochstall * Kälberberg (Buttenheim), Kälberberg * Ketschendorf (Buttenheim), Ketschendorf bei Buttenheim * Senftenberg (Buttenheim), Senftenberg * Stackendorf (Buttenheim), Stackendorf * Tiefenhöchstadt History Buttenheim – "Botho's Home" – had its first documentary mention in 1017. It lies on the north-south Regnitz Valley transport axis and was probably founded about 550. During a river journey from Forchheim (Oberfranken), Forchheim to Würzburg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
