Macy's Opening Day Celebration at 1300 Market Street, ex-John Wanamaker flagship

There were too many boxes in the way for me to get in there for a better photo of the doorway. I'll try again next year!

from : What to see in New York (1912)

Baron De Meyer

"The Bride's Year-Book"

Vogue, May 1, 1918

These were in a small room off of the main room that was just being used for storage.

Baron De Meyer

Vogue, Dec. 15, 1919

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.

Macy's Christmas decorations in front of Wanamaker's Magic Christmas Tree.

John Wanamaker Statue in Philadelphia, PA

Baron De Meyer

"Gowning Her Who Grows Old Gracefully"

Vogue, Feb. 1, 1918

Behind the scenes at Macy's (Wanamaker's).

Baron De Meyer

"Gowning Her Who Grows Old Gracefully"

Vogue, Feb. 1, 1918

Image from "The Parties and The Men, or, Political Issues of 1896 ... The Issues of the Day Impartially Reviewed."

Contrast digitally enhanced.

Label: John Wanamaker,

Red straw pancake with feather, each little button is a swirl of straw

Philadelphia, PA

i just loved that his title is "citizen." translation: super rich guy. incidentally, our b&b room was named after him.

Edward Steichen

Vogue, Aug. 17, 1929

Ira Hill

"My Country Costume, 'Tis of Thee"

Vogue, Jun. 15, 1916

Baron De Meyer

"Frivolous Parasols for New Flirtations"

Vogue, Jul. 1, 1919

Artist Unknown

"There's Nothing Half so Chic in Fashion as the Last New Frock"

Harper's Bazaar, Mar. 1915

Baron De Meyer

"Patriotic Reflection in Modern Glass"

Vogue, Oct. 1, 1918

an old program from the Wanamaker's Christmas show.

Wanamaker Organ (1904 - George Ashdown Audsley / Los Angeles Art Organ Company)

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Wanamaker Eagle ( 1904 - August Gaul)

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I was not a kid who ran screaming from Santas. I knew when I was in the presence of the real thing, and nothing could possibly go wrong.

I used to be an organist, but I never played an organ this big!

Started America's first department store

Looking towards the Wanamaker and the Cunningham Piano building....

Randy proposed to me right here, on October 30th. Awwwww!

Baron De Meyer

"Hats That Will Suit the Most Capricious Taste"

Vogue, Feb. 15, 1919

WANAMAKER'S

Market street facing City hall

Philadelphia

PENNA 254

This is a modern organ called the John Wanamaker Court Organ in downtown Philadelphia. It is the biggest organ in the world.

Count the keyboards. All those buttons on the right are called stops - they all make the organ produce different sounds when they are pulled out. If you want the organ to be very loud, you would "pull out all the stops." That is an expression that means "do your very best with everything you have." That is what I hope you and I are doing today!