JOHN WANAMAKER - AUTOGRAPH - HFSID 46361
Sale Price $360.00
Reg. $400.00
JOHN WANAMAKER
John Wanamaker signs a pictorial card of Independence Hall in black ink.
Signature: "John Wanamaker", 4½x3½ pictorial card with 1½x1¾ oval image of Independence Hall at upper center. In 1875, Wanamaker established the first department store, bringing a collection of specialty stores together under one roof in the former freight depot of the Pennsylvania Railroad in Philadelphia. Wanamaker, who was one of the first major retailers to employ advertising agencies to sell his goods, was also a leader in offering "fringe benefits" to his employees, who enjoyed paid vacations, health care, life insurance, pensions and financial aid for further education. As Postmaster General under President Benjamin Harrison (1889-1893), he issued the first commemorative stamps (over protests from Congress) and proved these could be moneymakers. Fine condition.
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