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Lela Strauss 1879 - 1979

Lela Strauss of Houston, Harris County, Texas was born on February 26, 1879, and died at age 100 years old in February 1979.

Lela Strauss
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Houston, Harris County, Texas 77096
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February 26, 1879
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February 1979
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In 1879, in the year that Lela Strauss was born, on October 22nd, Thomas Edison tested the first practical electric light bulb. Lasting 13½ hours before burning out, it used a "a carbon filament or strip coiled and connected to platina contact wires". He applied for a patent on November 4th, receiving the patent in January 1880.
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In 1931, Lela was 52 years old when on May 1st, the Empire State Building opened in New York City. At 1,454 feet (including the roof and antenna), it was the tallest building in the world until the World Trade Center's North Tower was built in 1970. (It is now the 34th tallest.) Opening at the beginning of the Great Depression, most of the offices in the Empire State Building remained unoccupied for years and the observation deck was an equal source of revenue and kept the building profitable.
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Strauss, Barbara (Mar 6, 1923 - Apr 15, 1993) Strauss, Laura (May 27, 1926 - Mar 7, 2004) Strauss, Stephen (Nov 22, 1932 - Nov 17, 2009) Strauss, Elizabeth (Sep 29, 1898 - Jun 1975) Strauss, Florence (Dec 21, 1904 - Nov 1973) Strauss, Mathew (Jun 23, 1904 - Sep 1968) Strauss, Kate (Sep 3, 1905 - Sep 1988) Strauss, Stephen (Sep 7, 1919 - Sep 13, 2009) Strauss, Edward (Mar 10, 1921 - Apr 8, 1992) Strauss, Margaret (May 17, 1888 - May 1983)
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