all the household furniture, books, clocks, bronzes, and works of art." At her death this was to pass to his daughter, Florence. He left only a small annuity for his son. The following year, in 1878, Macy's partner La Forge died, and the third partner, Valentine, died in 1879. Ownership of the store passed to the Macy family until 1895, when it was sold to Isidor and Nathan Straus. In popular culture A fictional, reimagined "R. H. Macy" (depicted as alive and running the company seventy years after the historical Macy's death) was portrayed in the 1947 movie Miracle on 34th Street by character actor Harry Antrim. In subsequent adaptations of the story, the character was played by Don Beddoe in an episode of The 20th Century-Fox Hour in 1955, Hiram Sherman in a 1959 TV movie, and David Doyle in a 1973 TV film. See also R.H. Macy and Company Store (building) for the history of the flagship store on Herald Square in Manhattan Macy's for a history of the chain Macy's, Inc. for a history of Federated Department Stores, owners of Macy's References Notes Further reading Hungerford, Edward "Early History of Macy's" in The Romance of a Great Store (1922) External links 1822 births 1877 deaths American businesspeople in retailing Burials at Woodlawn Cemetery (Bronx, New York) Macy's People from Nantucket, Massachusetts Retail company founders American people in whaling 19th-century American businesspeople American Quakers