Photographs

Photographs

All photographs are owned by Straus Historical Society, Inc. They are not to be used without the written consent of SHS. If you are interested in using any of our photographs for any reason, please contact us for more information on how to do so.

Lazarus & Fannie Levi Straus Family

Amalie and Ferdinand Weiss

Ferdinand Weiss

Fritz and Luise Weiss

Fritz Weiss (16 January 1916)

Ernst and Flossie Weiss

Ernst and Flossie Weiss

Luise and Ferdinand Weiss

Dr. Nathan and Luise Weiss Roos with Albert Einstein

Luise and Ellen Roos

Luise, Ellen and Nathan Roos

Luise and Nathan Roos (April 1927)

Ellen, Luise and Nathan Roos (1929)

Nathan, Luise, and Ellen Roos

Nathan and Luise Roos

Nathan and Luise Roos with Ellen and Fred Tager

Nathan Roos with Lorette, Jesse and Colette Tager

Lazarus & Sara Straus Family

Lazarus and Sara Straus

The Straus' House in Otterberg, Germany

The cradle the Strauses used in Germany

A replica of the pushcart used by Lazarus Straus in Georgia

The Straus' House in Talbotton, Georgia

Collinsworth Institute where the Straus children attended school

The Straus' house in Talbotton, Georgia as it looks today

Nathan, Oscar, and Isidor Straus

L. Straus & Sons

Macy's

Early Macy's store located at 14th Street and Sixth Avenue in New York City.

1902 illustration of Macy's new store at 34th Street and Herald Square in New York City.

Opening Day - November 1902

Plaque dedicated to the memory of Isidor and Ida Straus by Macy's employees

Isidor Straus & Family

Isidor Straus & Ida Blun Straus and Family

Isidor and Oscar Straus

Isidor Straus in Paris (1865)

Ida Blun Straus

Isidor and Ida Straus' Wedding Photo (21 July 1971)

Sissie, Minnie, Vivian, and Sara Straus, the daughters of Nathan and Isidor Straus

Isidor and Ida Straus' Home on Broadway at West 105th Street in NYC

The children of Isidor and Ida Straus

Isidor and Ida Straus' 25th Anniversary, July 12, 1896

Isidor Straus, Dem. Rep. of New York, William Wilson, Dem. Rep of West Virginia, and Clifton R. Brekinridge, Dem. Rep. of Arkansas

Isidor Straus (1894)

Isidor Straus (1894)

"Sunnyside," Isidor and Ida Straus' House in Elberon, N.J.

Isidor Straus (19 November 1903)

Isidor and Ida Straus with their family in Elberon, N.J. (September 1905)

Isidor and Ida Straus at the Folies Bergere in Paris 1907

Isidor Straus (1908)

Isidor and Ida (abt. 1910)

The memorial service held for Isidor and Ida Straus (1912)

The memorial dedication of Straus Park, April 15, 1915

Straus Park (1915)

Herbert, Jesse, and Percy in Red Bank, N.J. (1920)

Jesse, Percy and Herbert with their male children in Red Bank, N.J. (1920)

The Straus Mausoleum at Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, NY.

The Straus' Myosotis Plot in the Straus Mausoleum, Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, NY.

P.S. 198M The Isidor and Ida Straus School, 96th Street and Third Avenue, NYC.

"Memory" at Straus Park, West 106th Street between Broadway and West End Avenue, NYC.

Jesse Isidor & Irma Nathan Straus Family

Jesse Isidor and Irma Straus with their children

Jesse Isidor and Irma Nathan Straus

Jesse Isidor Straus (1920)

Irma Nathan Straus (1920)

Jesse Isidor Straus with Thomas Edison (21 May 1925)

Jesse and Irma Straus (March 1935)

Three generations: Jesse, Kenneth, and Jack Straus

"Northview," Jesse and Irma Straus' House in Mt. Kisco, N.Y.

A painting that includesimages of Jesse and Irma Straus with their family

Jesse and Irma Straus with their family

Jesse Isidor Straus

Irma Nathan Straus

Jack Straus on the cover of Time Magazine

Jack and Ken Straus at the 100th Anniversary of Macy's

Margaret Hollister Straus

Robert K. Straus

Robert K. Straus

Robert K. and Barbara Straus

Robert K. and Barbara Straus

Percy Selden & Edith Abraham Straus Family

Percy Selden Straus

Percy Selden Straus

Percy Selden Straus

Edith Abraham Straus

Edith Abraham Straus

"Hilholme," Percy and Edith Straus' House in Rye, N.Y.

Percy and Edith Straus with their family

Major Ralph Isidor Straus (1925)

Ralph Isidor Straus in his 20s

Ralph Isidor Straus

Percy Selden Straus at Hilholme in Rye, NY.

Ralph Isidor Straus fishing in Scotland

Ralph Isidor Straus

Percy Straus Jr.

Donald Blun Straus

Donald Blun Straus

Sara Straus & Alfred Hess Family

Sara Straus (June 1896)

Sara Straus Hess with her daughter Eleanor Hess

Alfred Fabian Hess

Alfred Fabian Hess

Sara Straus Hess reading to Eleanor (Right), Margaret (Middle) and Bobby (Left)

Sara Straus Hess at a dinner party with family (1957)

Children at the dinner party looking at the Straus family tree

Sara Straus Hess and Jack Straus at the dedication of the Isidor and Ida Straus School (1958)

Sara Straus Hess

Harold P. Kurzman

Eleanor Hess and Harold P. Kurzman in Central Park about 1928

Eleanor and Harold Kurzman, 1959

Harold P. Kurzman

Harold Jr., Peter, Paul, Phyllis, & Eleanor Kurzman

Minnie Straus & Richard Weil Family

Evelyn Weil Backer

Herbert Nathan & Therese Kuhn Straus Family

Herbert Nathan Straus (1915)

Herbert Nathan and Therese Kuhn Straus

"Middletown Farm," Herbert and Therese Straus' home at Middletown, N.J.

Middletown Farm Clock Tower and Main Garage

Edward Kuhn Straus

Oliver Herbert Straus at 2 and a half years old

Oliver Straus at 3 and a half years old

Oliver Straus at 4 or 5 years old

Oliver Herbert Straus

Oliver Herbert Straus

Oliver Herbert Straus

Oliver Herbert Straus

John Wendell Straus (June 2005)

Vivian Straus & Herbert Scheftel Family

Under Construction

Hermina Straus Kohns & Family

Hermina Straus Kohns

Hermina Straus Kohns

"Hermione," a L. Straus and Sons Glass pattern named for Hermine

Lee and Clare Kohns (1923)

Clara Elfelt Kohns

Clara Elfelt Kohns with her children Irene, Robert and Paul

Clara Elfelt Kohns with Robert Lee Kohns

Clara Elfelt Kohns in Mourning Attire, 1927

Nathan Straus & Family

Nathan & Lina Gutherz Straus Family

Nathan and Lina Gutherz Straus wedding photograph April 28, 1875

Lina Gutherz Straus

Lina Gutherz Straus

Nathan Straus Milk Station

Nathan Straus Milk Station

Nathan and Lina Straus with family

Nathan Straus (1900)

Charley (Nathan Jr.) Lina and Nathan Straus in a cart

"Driftwood," Nathan and Lina Straus' Mamaroneck, NY home

The Nathan Straus Health Center in Jerusalem

Lina Gutherz Straus

Three generations: Nathan, Nathan Jr. and Nathan Straus III

F.D.R. and Nathan Straus

Nathan and Lina Straus

Nathan and Lina Straus' 50th Anniversary

Nathan and Lina Straus and family on their 50th anniversary

Nathan and Lina Straus' 50th Anniversary (1925)

Nathan and Lina Straus Health Center in Jerusalem

Charles Webster (Nathan Jr.) and Hugh Grant Straus

Charles Webster (Nathan Jr.) and Hugh Grant Straus (1893)

Nathan Jr. and Hugh Grant Straus

Nathan Straus Jr. and Lina Gutherz Straus

Nathan III, Lina and Barnard Straus (October 1919)

Jerome, Lina and Hugh Grant Straus Jr.

Sissie Straus & Iriving Lehman Family

Sissie Straus Lehman (1903)

Sissie Straus Lehman (1903)

Painting of Sissie Straus Lehman

Sissie Straus Lehman

Judge Irving Lehman

Nathan Jr. & Helen Sachs Straus

Charles Webster (Nathan Jr.) Straus (1900)

Nathan Straus Jr. (1904)

Nathan Straus Jr. (1907)

Nathan Jr. and Helen Sachs Wedding (1915)

Nathan Jr. and Helen Sachs Wedding (1915)

A portrait of Helen Sachs Straus

Helen, Nathan III, Barnard, Irving, and R. Peter Straus (1928)

Nathan Straus Jr. and his four sons visiting Otto Frank in Sils Marie, Switzerland(1928)

Nathan Straus, Jr. and family (1930)

Nathan Jr., Helen Sachs, and their four sons at Quarry Lake, White Plains, NY (1930)

Nathan Straus, Jr.

Helen Sachs and Nathan Straus, Jr.

Nathan Straus, Jr. and family (1961)

Nathan Straus III and Barnard Sachs Straus in Central Park (February 1921)

Nathan III, Barnard Sachs and Irving Lehman Straus at Homestead (August 1922)

Irving, Nathan III, Barnard, and Peter Straus (1924)

Irving, R. Peter, and Barnard Straus (1928)

Peter, Barnard, Nathan III and Irving Straus (1920s)

Irving, R. Peter and Barnard Straus at Quarry Lake (1938)

Nathan Straus, III

Nathan Straus III and Rebecca (Betty) Smith (1945)

Nathan Straus, III

Irving Straus with Albert Einstein

Irving Lehman Straus (October 2008)

Barnard Sachs Straus, Sr. (June 1931)

Second Lieutenant Barnard Straus, Army Air Corps

Barnard Sachs Straus and Marjorie A. Hyman

Hugh Grant & Flora Stieglitz Straus Family

Hugh Grant Straus

Hugh Grant Straus

Flora Stieglitz

Flora Stieglitz Straus

Flora Stieglitz Straus

Flora Stieglitz Straus

Hugh Grant Jr., Jerome & Nathan III - 1918

Hugh Grant Jr., Jerome & Nathan III - 1919

Hugh Grant Jr., Nathan III, Jerome & Barney, Mt Kisco, Aug 1921

Oscar Straus & Family

Oscar & Sarah Lavanburg Straus Family

Oscar Solomon Straus at six years old

Sarah Lavanburg at five years old

Oscar Straus at the time of his graduation

Sarah Lavanburg Straus

Sarah Lavanburg Straus

Oscar S. Straus Minister to Turkey (1887)

Oscar S. Straus (1888)

Sarah Lavanburg Straus

Oscar and Sarah Straus' Home in Tarrytown, New York (1912)

Theodore Roosevelt's Cabinet

Oscar Solomon Straus

Three generations: Oscar S. Straus, Roger Williams Straus, and Oscar S. Straus, II

Sarah and Oscar Straus at the Straus Park Memorial Dedication (1915)

Oscar Solomon Straus

Oscar Solomon Straus

Mildred Straus & Edward Schafer Family

Mildred Straus Schafer with her twin sons Edward Jr. and John (1902)

Edward and Mildred Straus Schafer (June 1931)

Edward Schafer (1934)

Aline Straus & Leonard Hockstader Family

Aline Straus (1899)

Leonard and Aline Straus Hockstader with their three children, Albert, Carol and Mildred

Aline and Leonard Hockstader with their family at the christening of the Liberty Ship ship Oscar S. Straus

Mildred Hockstader

Mildred Hockstader

David A. & Mildred Hockstader Morse

David A. & Mildred Hockstader Morse

Mildred Hockstader Morse

Roger Williams & Gladys Guggenheim Straus Family

Roger Williams and Gladys Guggenheim Straus (1921)

Gladys Guggenheim Straus

Gladys Guggenheim Straus in Maine (1949)

Roger Williams Straus

Roger Williams Straus

Roger Williams Straus fly fishing in Claryville, New York

Gladys Guggenheim Straus fly fishing in Claryville, New York

Roger Williams Straus

Roger Williams Straus, Jr.

Oscar S. Straus II

Oscar II and Joan Sutton Straus (March 1989)

Group Photos

The Straus Family in the Adirondacks (1891)

The Straus Family at Luchow's Restaurant (1910)

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