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Wanamaker's, Philadelphia.

Item Info

Item No: pdcc00491
Title: Wanamaker's, Philadelphia.
Historic Street Address: 13th & Market Streets
Media Type: Scrapbooks
Source: Print and Picture Collection
Notes:

John Wanamaker's store at 13th & Market Streets looking east from Penn Square. The Grand Depot was opened in 1876 on the site formerly occupied by the Pennsylvania Railroad Freight Depot. The Moorish facade was designed to resemble the pavilions of the Centennial Exposition which was taking place in Fairmount Park of that year. The Grand Depot was taken down and replaced with the new store in 1905.


Geocode Latitude: Geocode Longitude:-75.161441
Geocode Latitude:39.952128

Call Number: A917.481 P536 v.6
Creator Name: Wanamaker, John, 1838-1922
Castner, Samuel, Jr., 1843-1929 - Compiler