Abraham & Straus
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Abraham & Straus, commonly shortened to A&S, was a major New York City department store, based in Brooklyn. Founded in 1865, it became part of Federated Department Stores in 1929. Shortly after Federa
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Nathan Straus
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Nathan Straus was an American businessman and philanthropist who co-owned two of New York City's largest department stores, R. H. Macy & Company and Abraham & Straus. He was the namesake for the Israe
Abraham & Straus
…in 1865 in Brooklyn, New York, as Wechsler & Abraham by Joseph Wechsler and Abraham Abraham. In 1893, the Straus family (including Isidor Straus and Nathan Straus), who acquired a general partnership with Macy's department stores in 1888, bought out Joseph Wechsler's interest in Wechsler & Abraham and changed the…
Straus in 1922
Straus in his youth
Straus with Franklin D. Roosevelt at the 1924 Democratic National Convention
A hall in Nathan Straus Health Center in the late 1920s