JOHN WANAMAKER - ENGRAVED CARD SIGNED CIRCA 1900 - HFSID 76288
Sale Price $195.00
Reg. $240.00
JOHN WANAMAKER
He pens his signature on this pictorial card of Independence Hall in black ink
Engraved Card Signed: "Jno Wanamaker", 4½x3½ pictorial card with 1½x1¾ oval image of
Independence Hall at upper center. "1900" in ink (unknown hand) at lower right corner. 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. Slightly shaded, upper right blank corner creased. Otherwise, fine
condition.
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