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John Wanamaker store ephemera
Found in:
Audiovisual Collections
Collection
Accession: 1995-287
Abstract:
In 1875, Philadelphia merchant, John Wanamaker, bought a freight railroad depot at 13th and Market Streets and made it Philadelphia’s first department store. In 1909, Wanamaker bought a huge pipe organ and installed it in Grand Court of the new building. Octave Denis Victor Guillonnet (1872-1967) was a French painter and medallic artist. This collection is a folded momento with of a reproduction of "Adoration of the Magi" triptych painted by O. D. V. Guillonnet which was exhibited in the Organ Loft, Grand Court of the John Wanamaker store, Philadelphia.
Dates:
1928
Sears, Roebuck and Company ephemera
Found in:
Audiovisual Collections
Collection
Accession: 1992-255
Abstract:
Sears, Roebuck & Company is a department store chain. This collection consists of seven pieces of ephemera from the company.
Dates:
1904
