OSCAR S. STRAUS - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED - HFSID 320817
Price: $160.00
OSCAR S. STRAUS
The first Jewish Cabinet member signs "Yours truly"
Autograph sentiment signed: "Yours truly/Oscar S. Straus", in
faded black ink, 4¼x2. German-born Oscar Solomon Straus (1850-1926) was US
Secretary of Commerce and Labor (1906-1909), the first Jewish Cabinet
member. He served three tours as US Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire
(1887-1889, 1898-1899, 1909-1910). He also served on the Permanent Court of
Arbitration at The Hague. His brothers Isador and Nathan Straus owned
Macy's department store. Isador and his wife Ida - who refused to enter a
lifeboat without him - perished on the Titanic. Adhesive residue on
verso. Fine condition.
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