Isidor Straus was a Bavarian-born American businessman, politician and co-owner of Macy's department store with his brother Nathan. He also served for just over a year as a member of the United States House of Representatives. He died with his wife, Ida, in the sinking of the Titanic.
Straus in 1903
The gravesite of Isidor Straus in Woodlawn Cemetery
Straus Hall, Harvard College
Macy's is an American department store chain founded in 1858 by Rowland Hussey Macy. It has been a sister brand to the Bloomingdale's department store chain since being acquired by holding company Federated Department Stores in 1994, which renamed itself Macy's, Inc. in 2007. It is the largest department store company by retail sales in the United States as of 2015.
Macy's Herald Square, the flagship store on Herald Square in Manhattan, in 2018
Macy's in Herald Square in 1907
Entrance detail
The Macy's West flagship store in San Francisco, the former O'Connor, Moffat & Co. flagship (closing in 2025)