词条 | Harris Weinstock |
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| name = Harris Weinstock | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = September 18, 1854 | birth_place = London, U.K. | death_date = 1922 | death_place = Palo Alto, California, U.S. | death_cause = Skull fracture | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | residence = | nationality = | other_names = | known_for = | education = | alma mater = | employer = | occupation = Businessman | title = | salary = | networth = US$500,000 (1922)[1] | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | boards = | spouse = Barbara Felsenthal | children = 2 sons, 2 daughters | parents = | relatives = David Lubin (half-brother) Simon J. Lubin (half-nephew) }} Harris Weinstock (1854–1922) was an American businessman. He was the co-founder of Lubin and Weinstock in Sacramento, California. As the founding State Market Commissioner, he oversaw regulations and marketing for the citrus, poultry and fishing industries in California. He was a founder of the Commonwealth Club of California. Early lifeHarris Weinstock was born on September 18, 1854 in London, England.[2][3][4] He emigrated to the United States at the age of one,[4] settling in New York City, where his father was a businessman.[3] He was educated in New York,[2] and he moved to California in 1869.[3] CareerWith his half-brother David Lubin,[3] he opened a drygoods store in San Francisco, California in 1872.[2] They subsequently co-founded Lubin and Weinstock, a department store in Sacramento, California later known as Weinstock's.[4][5] He was also an investor in the Weinstock, Lubin Real Estate Company; the Weinstock, Nichols Company; and the National Bank of D. O. Mills.[3] Weinstock served in the National Guard from 1881 to 1895, retiring as Colonel.[3] Meanwhile, he joined the board of trustees of the California State Library in 1887.[3] Seven years later, in 1895, he joined the State Board of Horticulture.[3] Weinstock became a freeholder of Sacramento in 1891.[3] In 1913, he was appointed to the Commission on Industrial Relations by President Woodrow Wilson.[3][6] He also served on the executive committee of the National Civic Federation, which attempted to alleviate conflict between employers and labor unions.[3] He was subsequently appointed to the State Industrial Accident Commission.[3] Weinstock was elected the first President of the Commonwealth Club of California in 1903.[7] Weinstock drafted the Weinstock Arbitration Bill of 1911, which prohibited strikes and lockouts during the arbitration process.[8] By 1915, Weinstock was appointed by Governor Hiram Johnson as first director of the State Market Commission of California.[3][9] As Commissioner, Weinstock imposed regulations on the citrus and poultry industries, ensuring that farmers were paid their fair share and helping the industries with marketing.[9] He also established the State Fish Exchange.[3] He resigned in January 1920.[3] Weinstock served as the vice president of the Jewish Publication Society.[4] He was also a member of the Jewish Historical Society.[3] Personal life and deathWeinstock married Barbara Felsenthal.[4] They had two sons, Robert Weinstock and Walter Weinstock, and two daughters, Mrs Samuel Frankenheimer of Stockton, California and Mrs Burton E. Towne of Lodi, California.[3][4] Weinstock fell from his horse while riding near Los Altos, California in 1922.[4] He died of a skull fracture at the nearby hospital in Palo Alto, California shortly after.[2][4] By the time of his death, he was worth an estimated US$500,000.[1][10] His wife inherited his estate.[1] Works
References1. ^1 2 {{cite news|title=Mrs. Weinstock Gets Estate in Trust|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/89586539/?terms=%22harris%2Bweinstock%22|accessdate=May 15, 2016|work=Oakland Tribune|date=September 21, 1922}} {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Weinstock, Harris}}2. ^1 2 3 {{cite news|title=Skull Fracture Fatal To Col. H. Weinstock|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/51648517/?terms=%22harris%2Bweinstock%22|accessdate=May 15, 2016|work=Woodland Daily Democrat|date=August 23, 1922|page=1|via=Newspapers.com|registration=yes|location=Woodland, California}} 3. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 {{cite news|title=Injury From Fatal Fall To Col. Weinstock. Wife and Family Surround Bed During Long Hours of Unconsciousness. Ends Useful Career. Prominent Figure in Affairs of California Remembered Through State.|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/27549796/?spot=89776|accessdate=May 15, 2016|work=San Francisco Chronicle|date=August 23, 1922|page=7|via=Newspapers.com|registration=yes}} 4. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 {{cite web|title=Weinstock (Harris) papers, 1878-1922|url=http://magnes.berkeley.edu/collections/archives/western-jewish-americana/weinstock-harris-papers-1878-1922|website=The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life|accessdate=May 14, 2016}} 5. ^{{cite book|last1=Kassis|first1=Annette|title=Weinstock's: Sacramento's Finest Department Store|date=2012|publisher=The History Press|location=Charleston, South Carolina|isbn=9781609494445|oclc=798058249}} 6. ^{{cite book| last =McCartin| first =Joseph Anthony| authorlink =| coauthors =| date =February 1, 1998| title =Labor's Great War: The Struggle for Industrial Democracy and the Origins of Modern American Labor| publisher =UNC Press| location =| isbn =0-8078-4679-1}} p. 19. 7. ^[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.$b564862;view=1up;seq=7 The Commonwealth Club of California A Brief Statement Regarding Its Origin, Purposes and History], [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.$b564862;view=1up;seq=7]Transactions of the Commonwealth Club of California, November 15, 1903, Vol. 1. No. 1, p. 1. 8. ^{{cite book|last1=Clark|first1=Thomas R.|title=Defending Rights: Law, Labor Politics, and the State in California, 1890-1925|date=2002|publisher=Wayne State University Press|location=Detroit, Michigan|isbn=9780814330432|pages=118–123|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kQf-xNYbiG4C&pg=PA119&lpg=PA119&dq=%22strikes+and+lockouts%22+weinstock&source=bl&ots=0mr7wYVM5g&sig=4b-drZD7dBwFMuZJD4bSJG-AQ3Y&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjHtN_FntzMAhWTF8AKHebhCW0Q6AEIHzAB#v=onepage&q=%22strikes%20and%20lockouts%22%20weinstock&f=false}} 9. ^1 {{cite journal|last1=Plehn|first1=Carl C.|title=The State Market Commission of California|journal=The American Economic Review|date=March 1918|volume=8|issue=1|pages=1–27|jstor=1805685}} 10. ^{{cite news|title=Weinstock Leaves $500,000 Estate|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/51648961/?terms=%22harris%2Bweinstock%22|accessdate=May 15, 2016|work=Woodland Daily Democrat|date=September 7, 1922|page=1|via=Newspapers.com|registration=yes}} 8 : 1854 births|1922 deaths|Businesspeople from London|Businesspeople from Sacramento, California|English emigrants to the United States|American company founders|American people of English-Jewish descent|English Jews |
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