Sol Levy carte d'identité, 1935

French identity card for 1935 and enclosed portraits of Sol Levy (1865-1944), a Jewish American who had emigrated from France. Sol Levy was born in 1865 in Alsace-Lorraine, a region that alternately fell under the control of Germany and France in the 19th century and during World Wars I and II in the 20th century. After migrating to the United States in 1882, Levy moved to Louisville and worked as a wholesale merchant, establishing the Gould-Levy Company in 1907.

Mss. A L688, Folder 6, Levy-Wolff Family Papers, The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky

Mss. A L688 Folder 06 Item 05