The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy. Summary Records documenting John Wanamaker's import of French painting from Parisian salons and ...
Public acclaim in Philadelphia led to Wanamaker’s purchasing the colossal A.T. Stewart department store in New York City in 1896 and turning it into a copy of his original — except that the new store ...
Philadelphia’s recently shuttered “palace of shopping,” Daniel Burnham’s 12-story department store commissioned by industrialist John Wanamaker, was largely influenced by Palazzo Medici in Florence, ...
CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Rodman Wanamaker (1863-1928) was the sole surviving heir of Philadelphia-based department store magnate, John Wanamaker. Rodman, among his other ...