News about Isidor Straus

A newly unearthed photo of the iceberg that may have sank the Titanic (right inset) has come to light 112 years after the disaster. The black and white image was captured by an undertaker working on the body recovery ship that arrived on the wreck site in the aftermath of the sinking. It is now coming up for sale at Henry Aldridge & Son Auctioneers of Devizes, Wiltshire, for an estimated price of £4,000 to £7,000. It shows a large glacier oddly shaped like an elephant above the surface of the north Atlantic. It was taken two days after the luxury liner struck captained by Edward John Smith (left inset) hit an iceberg on her maiden voyage and sank killing 1,522 people.

Lew Palter, a CalArts School of Theater professor and actor whose students included four-time Oscar nominee Ed Harris, Oscar nominee Don Cheadle, and two-time Emmy nominee Cecily Strong died on May 21 at age 94, in Los Angeles, California, from lung cancer at his Los Angeles home. In James Cameron's critically acclaimed $2.2 billion-grossing 1997 film Titanic, the New York City-born spian is perhaps best remembered for his role as real-life department store magnate Isidor Straus, who welcomed his wife in bed.

Wendy Rush is the wife of Stockton Rush, OceanGate's CEO. He is one of five people on board the missing Titanic tourist sub. The 1912 tragedy killed her great-great-grandparents. They were depicted lying on a bed embracing as the icy waters rose around them in a 1997 James Cameron film. In real life, the pair were given seats on a lifeboat, her as a woman and him as a well-known former congressman and co-owner of Macy's department store. Isidor Straus refused to go until all the women and children had been gone, and Ida Straus decided not to go without him.

It was 1912 when the 'unsinkable' Titanic sank after collapsing into a colossal iceberg. More than 1,500 people were killed as it sank into the North Atlantic, while thousands of treasures were lost to sea. MailOnline has assembled a list of five inexpensive artefacts that fell with the Titanic's 'unsinkable' 111 years ago. Whether it be a megalodon shark tooth or 1,200 teapots, it's a lot.

Herbert Straus, the heir of Macy's heirs, is expected to sell for $1.57 million. The home in Middletown was custom-built for the heir of the Macy's co-owner and the United States. Congressman Isidor Straus, died on the Titanic with his wife, Ida, who refused to board a lifeboat, was stranded at her husband's side while the ship was sinking. The property has five private residences, with the main unit on sale, and was originally built on 143 acres, and was converted from a dairy barn. Cobble Close Farm, which sits on 13 acres and has a stunning French Norman style that was brought to life with imported European materials, is now available for purchase.