The company was founded by Karl Straus born in 1845 who was a Jewish German immigrant. Straus arrived in Philadelphia in 1867 and he began a wholesale liquor business. In 1888 he became a tobacco merchant opening his own company named K. Straus & Co. Straus died in 1920 leaving the business to his nephew Adolf Loeb who incorporated the company in 1922.
Wiederholdt, Andreas, 1752?-; Ries, Johann Caspar.; Howe, William Howe, Viscount, 1729-1814.; Heister, Leopold Philipp von, 1716-1777.; Block, Justus Henrich.; Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, 1720-1785.; Knyphausen, Wilhelm, Baron von; Scheffer, Francis.; Rosengarten, J. G. (Joseph George), 1835-1921, former owner.; Baum, Jacob.; Recknagel, Caspar.; Donop, Carl Emil Curt von.; Matthaeus, Johann Jost.
Shemu'el ibn 'Azariah.; Rabbah bar Bar Ḥana,; Napoleon; Shabbethai Tzevi,; Hezekiah ben David da Silva,; Nathan,; Maimonides, Moses, 1135-1204. Correspondence.
Ḥayon, Nehemiah Ḥiyya ben Moses,; Shabbethai Tzevi,; Ashkenazi, Ẓevi Hirsch ben Jacob,; Ricchi, Raphael Immanuel ben Abraham Ḥai,; Ḳarpi, Shelomoh Yosef b. Natan. Naḥalat tsevi.