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Loeb (Löb), Emil, 1881-1952

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 17 May 1881 - 21 April 1952

Biography

Emil Loeb (Löb) was born in Germany on May 17, 1881. He was the son of Ferdinand Löb and Rosina Löb. He married Bella Levi Loeb in Darmstadt on May 1, 1912. The couple had two children, Frank and Ernest Loeb. Emil owned a wholesale wool and cloth store in Darmstadt. He escaped from Nazi Germany with his wife and son, Ernest, in 1939 and arrived in the United States in 1940. He then settled in Cleveland, Ohio with his older son Frank who had immigrated a year before in 1938.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Emil Loeb Postcard, circa 1930-circa 1935

 Item
Identifier: B407.01.0001.0007.00002
Abstract Photograph is printed as a postcard. The back of the postcard reads "Postkarte". The picture on the front is of Emil Loeb sitting beside several bouquets of flowers. There are several framed pictures, including one that says "25" surrounded by a circular design; "Portrait of Georg Giese", a painting by Hans Holbein the Younger in 1532 hangs on the wall; a framed picture of two girls sewing that reads "Guetterman's Naehseide ist die beste" which is an advertisement for a German sewing thread...
Dates: circa 1930-circa 1935