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.
Samuel French & Son (publisher); Samuel French Ltd (publisher)
Date:
1853
Language:
English
Publisher:
Samuel French & Son; Samuel French
Collection:
Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
Physical Location:
Library at the Katz Center, Archives Room, PR4066.B34 Y24 1853; Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Rare Book Collection, 822C C689Ba
Playbill and Program Collection (University of Pennsylvania); Philadelphia Theater Collection (University of Pennsylvania); Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)
Physical Location:
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Furness Collection, Print Collection 8 v. 11 no. 206
Playbill and Program Collection (University of Pennsylvania); Philadelphia Theater Collection (University of Pennsylvania); Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)
Physical Location:
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Furness Collection, Print Collection 8 v. 11 no. 79