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Oct 13, 2020 · In the 1997 film Titanic, the Strauses are briefly depicted kissing and holding each other in their bed as their stateroom floods with water. A deleted scene shows Isidor (played by Lew Palter) attempting to persuade Ida (played by Elsa Raven) to enter a lifeboat, which she refuses to do.
After the Civil War, they moved to New York City, where Lazarus convinced Rowland Hussey Macy, founder of Macy's, to allow L. Straus & Sons to open a crockery department in the basement of his store. Isidor Straus worked at L. Straus & Sons, which became the glass and china department at Macy's.
Nov 13, 2023 · Isidor Straus (Lew Palter) with his wife, during the dinner in Titanic (1997) The couple’s final moments united on the deck, were observed by eyewitnesses as a profound display of love and devotion. The Titanic ultimately sank at 2:20 a.m.
May 31, 2024 · Macy’s had been established in 1858 by Rowland Hussey Macy, a Quaker from Nantucket. At age 15, like many Nantucket boys of his era, he went to sea as a cabin boy on a whaling ship.
Jun 22, 2023 · Wife of submersible operator is a descendant of Titanic’s famed Jewish victims. Wendy Rush’s great-great-grandfather was Macy’s president Isidor Straus. A plaque of former co-owner Isidor ...
Dec 18, 2017 · Isidor and Ida Straus, the elderly couple depicted in James Cameron's 1997 blockbuster, chose to stay aboard the sinking ship so that others may live.
In 1874 brother Nathan, who by then had completed his education and joined the family firm, convinced Rowland Hussey Macy to allow L. Straus & Sons to open a crockery department in the basement of his store.
