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
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
Lazarus Straus
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Lazarus Straus was a German-American trader and entrepreneur. He founded L. Straus & Sons and, after the death of Rowland Hussey Macy, became the owner of Macy's department store.
Nathan Straus
…German Jewish family in Otterberg in the former Palatinate, then ruled by the Kingdom of Bavaria (now part of present-day Germany), the third child of Lazarus Straus (1809–1898) and his second wife, Sara (1823–1876). His siblings were Hermine Straus Kohns (1846–1922), Isidor Straus (1845–1912), and Oscar Solomon…
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Lazarus and Sara Straus, c. 1860