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    and regions. Its history dates back to a clothing store founded by Leopold Harris in Los Angeles in 1856 near the city's central plaza, only eight years...
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    Philip, Arthur, and Herman Harris – nephews of founder Leopold Harris of what was once the large Los Angeles–based chain Harris & Frank – started the company...
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    Harris & Jacoby was a retail enterprise of Leopold Harris and the Jacoby Bros. in the 1870s in Los Angeles. For further information, see: Leopold Harris...
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    Leopold II (9 April 1835 – 17 December 1909) was the second King of the Belgians from 1865 to 1909, and the founder and sole owner of the Congo Free State...
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    reads, "Alice Seeley, Lady Harris Anti-slavery campaigner, photographer, missionary to the Congo, artist, scourge of King Leopold II of the Belgians, lived...
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    John Harris, husband of Alice Harris, provided testimony before the Commission of Inquiry into Crimes in the Congo, an entity appointed by Leopold in 1904...
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    with him and Leopold Harris in buying out Herman W. Hellman's store, to form Harris & Jacoby. The Jacoby brothers, Leopold Harris and Harris Newmark all...
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    Atrocities in the Congo Free State (category Leopold II of Belgium)
    the Democratic Republic of the Congo) under the absolute rule of King Leopold II of Belgium. These atrocities were particularly associated with the labour...
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    club LKS Lubawa. Harris Newmark (1834–1916), German-American businessman in Los Angeles Leopold Harris (1836–1910), founder of the Harris & Frank department...
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    for California, crossed the isthmus of Nicaragua with Leopold Harris, who would found the Harris & Frank department stores, and arrived in San Francisco...
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