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Aug 3, 2022 · Updated March 12, 2024. Isidor and Ida Straus were a well-to-do German-American couple who passed up seats on lifeboats and instead chose to stay together on the RMS Titanic as it sank on April 15, 1912. Wikimedia Commons Isidor and Ida Straus on their wedding day in 1871.
Jun 22, 2023 · Jun 22, 2023, 8:34 AM PDT. Isidor and Ida Straus. Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images. Anyone who's seen "Titanic" remembers the old couple prepared to go down with the ship...
Aug 17, 2023 · That man and woman were Cameron's nod to Isidor and Ida Straus, a wealthy American businessman and his wife, who were real passengers on the doomed ship. They refused special treatment and instead chose to die together.
Isidor Straus was a trusted advisor to President Grover Cleveland, and he was elected as a Democrat to the fifty-third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Ashbel P. Fitch, and served from January 30, 1894, to March 3, 1895. He did not run for reelection in 1894 to the Fifty-fourth Congress.
Mar 8, 2017 · Mar 8, 2017 Tijana Radeska. Ida and Isidora Straus. “We have lived together for many years. Where you go, I go” – were the words of Ida Straus to her husband Isidor Straus when she was about to get on Titanic’s lifeboat No.8 but changed her mind and remained with her husband. The couple was known for their great love and devotion to each other.
First Class Passenger. Mrs Isidor Straus (Rosalie Ida Blun), 63, of New York, NY, boarded the Titanic at Southampton with her husband Isidor Straus, her maid Ms Ellen Bird and his manservant John Farthing. The Straus's occupied cabins C-55-57. Daily Sketch, April 19, 1912.
Isidor Straus. American businessman. Learn about this topic in these articles: Macy and Company. In Macy’s. In 1887 Nathan and Isidor Straus agreed to a deal to purchase part interest in the company. The acquisition was made official the following year, and by 1896 they had assumed full control.
