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The palatial John Wanamaker department store in Center City Philadelphia features the former St. Louis World's Fair pipe organ. The organ was installed in the store's marble-clad central atrium known as the Grand Court. in 1911.
Despite its size, the organ was deemed insufficient to fill the Grand Court with its music. Wanamaker's responded by assembling its own staff of organ builders and expanding the organ several times over a period of years. The organ still stands in place in the store today, and is the largest operational pipe organ in the world, with some 28,000 pipes. It is famed for the delicate, orchestra-like beauty of its tone as well as its incredible power.
445 Lafayette Street. Located in Astor Place its nicknamed the Shampoo Bottle because its disign is similar to the shape of a shampoo bottle. It was designed by Charles Gwathmey. You can see the Wanamaker's building in the reflection.
The Greek Hall Austin was of the Chorophone design and was later given by Rodman Wanamaker to Philadelphia’s Baptist Home (now Deer Meadows). It was placed in a Chapel Mr. Wanamaker built in 1928 that was actually designed around the organ.
The palatial John Wanamaker department store in Center City Philadelphia features the former St. Louis World's Fair pipe organ. The organ was installed in the store's marble-clad central atrium known as the Grand Court. in 1911.
Despite its size, the organ was deemed insufficient to fill the Grand Court with its music. Wanamaker's responded by assembling its own staff of organ builders and expanding the organ several times over a period of years. The organ still stands in place in the store today, and is the largest operational pipe organ in the world, with some 28,000 pipes. It is famed for the delicate, orchestra-like beauty of its tone as well as its incredible power.
The palatial John Wanamaker department store in Center City Philadelphia features the former St. Louis World's Fair pipe organ. The organ was installed in the store's marble-clad central atrium known as the Grand Court. in 1911.
Despite its size, the organ was deemed insufficient to fill the Grand Court with its music. Wanamaker's responded by assembling its own staff of organ builders and expanding the organ several times over a period of years. The organ still stands in place in the store today, and is the largest operational pipe organ in the world, with some 28,000 pipes. It is famed for the delicate, orchestra-like beauty of its tone as well as its incredible power.
2 cent 1893 Columbian Exposition Stamps in my collection. The Columbian Exposition stamps were issued by Postmaster General John Wanamaker and were the nation's first commemorative postage stamps. Printed by the American Bank Note Company, the stamps were issued to commemorate the World Columbian Exposition held in Chicago, Illinois, from May 1 to October 30, 1893.
The palatial John Wanamaker department store in Center City Philadelphia features the former St. Louis World's Fair pipe organ. The organ was installed in the store's marble-clad central atrium known as the Grand Court. in 1911.
Despite its size, the organ was deemed insufficient to fill the Grand Court with its music. Wanamaker's responded by assembling its own staff of organ builders and expanding the organ several times over a period of years. The organ still stands in place in the store today, and is the largest operational pipe organ in the world, with some 28,000 pipes. It is famed for the delicate, orchestra-like beauty of its tone as well as its incredible power.
35 S. 13th Street, Philadelphia, PA
Now the Old Nelson Food Company
from www.citypaper.net/articles/112797/cov.13.side.shtml :
The Binder Building (29-41 S. 13th St.)
"Home of the Binder Company hairdressers and makers of wigs, toupees and soaps. According to the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places, Richard Binder, who commissioned the building in 1887, was one of the most successful hairdressers in 19th- and early 20th-century Philadelphia. Before the 1860s most hairdressing was done in the home. Binder was one of only 100 hairdressers in Philadelphia, most of whom did not have stores."
The statue of John Wanamaker, designed by Scottish-American sculptor John Massey Rhind, was dedicated at City Hall East Plaza on Thanksgiving Day, November 29, 1923.
John Wanamaker (1838-1922), a Philadelphia native, was a pioneer in marketing and retail. At age 23 he opened his first clothing store. In 1876 he opened his Grand Depot in the abandoned Pennsylvania Railroad, and then 1911 opened the larger Wanamaker's on the same site. Wanamaker helped usher in a new era in retail merchandising with his one-price system, guaranteed merchandise and return policy. He served as United States Postmaster General from 1889 to 1893 where he helped introduce rural free delivery, post offices at sea and several other services taken for granted today. Wanamaker was also the first full time paid secretary for the YMCA from 1868 to 1861, a he founded the Bethany Sunday School in Philadelphia in 1859, which became the largest Sunday School in the country at the time.
The Greek Room - original board room in the John Wanamaker Building. They use it for overstock during the holidays, and I sneak in every year to have a look at the historic room.