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LeviStrauss
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LeviStrauss(/livastras/,bornLbStrau,German:[lptas]February26,1829September26,
1902)wasaGermanAmericanbusinessmanwhofoundedthefirstcompanytomanufacturebluejeans.His LeviStrauss
firm,LeviStrauss&Co.,beganin1853inSanFrancisco,California.[1][2]

Contents
1 Origins
2 Businesscareer
3 Death
4 Legacy
5 References
6 Externallinks

Born LbStrau
Origins February26,1829
Buttenheim,KingdomofBavaria
LeviStrausswasborninButtenheim,Germany,onFebruary26,1829,intheFranconianregionofBavaria,
Germany,toanAshkenaziJewishfamily.[3]HewasthesonofHirschStraussandhissecondwifeRebecca Died September26,1902(aged73)
Strauss.[4][5]Attheageof18,Strauss,hismotherandtwosisterstraveledtotheUnitedStatestojoinhis SanFrancisco,California,U.S
brothersJonasandLouis,whohadbegunawholesaledrygoodsbusinessinNewYorkCitycalledJ.Strauss Knownfor Foundingthefirstcompanyto
Brother&Co.[6]
manufacturerivetedbluejeans

Businesscareer
Levi'ssisterFannyandherhusbandDavidSternmovedtoSt.Louis,Missouri,whileLeviwenttoliveinLouisville,Kentucky,andsoldhisbrothers'suppliesin
Kentucky.[7]InJanuary1853,LeviStraussbecameanAmericancitizen.[8]

ThefamilydecidedtoopenaWestCoastbranchofthefamilydrygoodsbusinessinSanFrancisco,whichwasthecommercialhuboftheCaliforniaGoldRush.
LeviwaschosentorepresentthefamilyandhetookasteamshipforSanFrancisco,arrivinginearlyMarch1853,wherehejoinedhissister'sfamily.[9]

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StraussopenedhisdrygoodswholesalebusinessasLeviStrauss&Co.andimportedfinedrygoodsclothing,bedding,
combs,purses,handkerchiefsfromhisbrothersinNewYork.Hemadetents,andlaterjeans.LevilivedwithFanny's
growingfamily.[10]

JacobDavis,oneofStrauss'scustomersandoneoftheinventorsofriveteddenimpantsin1871,[11]wentintobusiness
withStrausstoproducebluejeans.Thetwomenpatentedthenewstyleofworkpantsin1873.[12]

Death
LeviStraussdiedonSeptember26,1902,inSanFranciscoattheageof73.Henevermarried,andleftthebusinesstohis BirthplaceofLeviStrauss
fournephews,Jacob,Sigmund,Louis,andAbrahamStern,thesonsofhissisterFannyandherhusbandDavidStern.He
alsoleftbequeststoanumberofcharities,suchasthePacificHebrewOrphanAsylumandtheRomanCatholicOrphan
Asylum.Beforehisdeath,hehadalsoestablishedscholarshipsattheUniversityofCaliforniaBerkeley(LeviStraussScholarships).[13]Levi'sfortunewas
estimatedtobearound$6million[14]($164millionin2014dollars).HewasburiedinColma,California.

Legacy
TheLeviStraussmuseuminButtenheim,Germany,islocatedinthe1687housewhereStrausswasborn.ThereisalsoaVisitorsCenteratLeviStrauss&Co.
headquartersinSanFrancisco,whichfeatureshistoricalexhibits.TheLeviStraussFoundationstartedwithan1897donationtotheUniversityofCalifornia,
Berkeley.[15][16]

References
1.Downey,Lynn(2008)."LeviStrauss:ashortbiography"(https://web.arch 5.http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgibin/cdnc?a=d&d=DAC18690108.2.38.1*July6,
ive.org/web/20110723005530/http://www.levistrauss.com/sites/default/fil 1799,+January8,1869
es/librarydocument/2010/4/History_Levi_Strauss_Biography.pdf)(PDF). 6.Carey,CharlesW.(2002).Americaninventors,entrepreneursand
LeviStrauss&Co.Archivedfromtheoriginal(http://www.levistrauss.co businessvisionaries(https://books.google.com/books?id=XKiGgl36bkgC
m/sites/default/files/librarydocument/2010/4/History_Levi_Strauss_Biogr &pg=PA331&dq=Levi+Strauss+birthplace++Buttenheim).FactsonFile.
aphy.pdf)(PDF)onJuly23,2011.RetrievedJanuary1,2011. pp.331332.ISBN9780816045594.RetrievedMay1,2012.
2.JamesSullivan,Jeans:aculturalhistoryofanAmericanicon(Gotham, 7.Evans,Harold(2004).TheymadeAmerica(https://books.google.com/boo
2007). ks?id=fDyckjF2IWgC&pg=PT122&dq=Levi's+sister+Fanny).Little
3.Dinkelspiel,Frances(2010).TowersofGold:HowOneJewishImmigrant Brown.ISBN9780316277662.RetrievedNovember12,2012.
NamedIsaiasHellmanCreatedCalifornia(https://books.google.com/boo 8.Feldberg,Michael(2002).Blessingsoffreedom:chaptersinAmerican
ks?id=yc_xK2K_PeMC&pg=PA145&dq=Levi+Strauss+birthplace).St. Jewishhistory(https://books.google.com/books?id=XOPZ2nA6OcEC&p
JohnsMartin'sPress.p.145.ISBN9780312355272.RetrievedMay1, g=PA172&dq=Levi's+sister+Fanny).KTAVPublishing.p.172.
2012. ISBN9780881257557.RetrievedNovember12,2012.
4.http://www.joachimdietze.de/pdf/levis_aa.pdf
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9.Leiman,Sondra(1994).America:theJewishexperience(https://books.go
ogle.com/books?id=18OdlLqqdykC&pg=PT68&dq=Levi's+sister+Fann
y).UAHCPress.p.59.ISBN9780807405000.RetrievedNovember12,
2012.
10.Downe,Lynn(2007).LeviStrauss&Co.(https://books.google.com/book
s?id=8iAjxdfLDgsC&pg=PA9&dq=Levi+lived+with+his+sister+)
ArcadiaPublishers.p.9.ISBN9780738555539.RetrievedNovember12,
2012.
11.Loverin,Jan(2006),"ANevadaStylist:YourDenimJeansAreaNevada
Invention"(https://web.archive.org/web/20130429105158/http://museum
s.nevadaculture.org/dmdocuments/muslet37.pdf)(PDF),NevadaState
MuseumNewsletter,36(3):4,archivedfromtheoriginal(http://museum
s.nevadaculture.org/dmdocuments/muslet37.pdf)(PDF)onApril29,
2013,retrievedMarch12,2016
12.U.S.Patent139,121(https://www.google.com/patents/US139121)
13.Downey,Lynn."LeviStrauss."InImmigrantEntrepreneurship:German
AmericanBusinessBiographies,1720tothePresent,vol.2,editedby
WilliamJ.Hausman.GermanHistoricalInstitute.LastmodifiedFebruary
18,2014.
14.AssociatedPress(September28,1902)."LeviStraussDead"(https://pqas
b.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/327612322.html?dids=327612322:3276
12322&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Sep+28%2C
+1902&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=LEVI+STRAUSS+D
EAD+AT+SAN+FRANCISCO.&pqatl=google).LosAngelesTimes.
RetrievedMay1,2012."LeviStrauss,oneofthelastoftheoldtime
merchantsofSanFrancisco.andoneofthebestknownmenfromthe
mostsoutherlylimitofCaliforniatoPugetSound."
15."FoundationsLeviStrauss&Co"(https://web.archive.org/web/2012110
5040252/http://www.levistrauss.com/about/foundations).
Levistrauss.com.Archivedfromtheoriginal(http://www.levistrauss.com/
about/foundations/)onNovember5,2012.RetrievedNovember7,2012.
16.Thomas,GracePowers(1898).Wheretoeducate,18981899.Aguideto
thebestprivateschools,higherinstitutionsoflearning,etc.,intheUnited
States(https://archive.org/stream/wheretoeducate1800thomrich#page/10/
mode/1up).Boston:BrownandCompany.p.10.RetrievedAugust17,
2012.

Externallinks
https://sites.google.com/site/levistraussfamily/,http://archive.is/ELJXG
LeviStrauss&Company(http://www.levistrauss.com/)
BiographyofLeviStrauss(http://lsco.s3.amazonaws.com/wpcontent/uploads/2014/01/LeviStraussFullBiography.pdf)fromtheOfficialLeviStraussSite.
LeviStrauss(https://www.findagrave.com/cgibin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=1608)atFindaGrave
Levi's(http://www.levi.com/)
Levi'sIndia(http://www.levi.co.in/)
LeviStraussMuseuminButtenheim,Germany(http://www.levistraussmuseum.de/)(inGerman)
LeviStrauss(http://www.fashionmodeldirectory.com/designers/levistrauss/)attheFashionModelDirectory

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