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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.
John Wanamaker's after the awards: Lizz P-Z, Victor Dover, Maricé Chael, mayor Connie Moran from Ocean Springs, me
Bust of John Wanamaker in the Merchandise Mart Hall of Fame opposite the main entrance to the Merchandise Mart in Chicago, Illinois.
Scott-Wanamaker Residence
2032 Walnut Street
Built 1883, Theophilus Parsons Chandler, Jr., architect
From where I was standing I couldn't quite get it all into one shot, hence the left and right side shots. In 1938 it was converted to apartments, rehabilitated in 1973, and in 1978 gutted by fire, at which time the interior was entirely rebuilt and the Wanamaker Apartment building built behind it.