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
Nathan Straus Jr.
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Nathan Straus Jr. was an American journalist and politician who served as a member of the New York State Senate from 1921 to 1926, then later as director of the United States Housing Authority from 19
Nathan Straus
…married to Irving Lehman (1876–1945), Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals from 1940 until his death; Roland Straus (1881–1884); State Senator Nathan Straus Jr. (1889–1961); and Hugh Grant Straus (1890–1961). Straus and his brothers sold crockery to R. H. Macy & Company department store. The brothers became…
Straus in 1937
Straus's official State Senate portrait, 1921
Straus's wife Helen in her wedding dress, 1915