Strauss, Levi, 1829-1902
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Strauss, Levi, 1829-1902
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1829-1902
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Strauss, Löb, 1829-1902
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Levi Strauss (b. Feb. 26, 1829, Buttenheim, Germany–d. Sept. 26, 1902, San Francisco, CA) was a German-American businessman who founded the first company to manufacture blue jeans. His firm of Levi Strauss & Co. began in 1853 in San Francisco, California.
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https://viaf.org/viaf/13103835
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q156343
https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n79016831
https://id.loc.gov/authorities/n79016831
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Federal Republic of Germany
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