Title
The Complete Wanamaker Store in Philadelphia…
Coverage
Philadelphia, PA:
Publisher
Wanamaker Store,
Date
[ca. 1910].
Description
This is probably the strangest item in this collection. A postcard, advertising Wanamaker’s new store in Philadelphia, instructs the recipient to “blow here” into a hole over the address. Blow and a crepe paper illustrated replica of the new building will expand. John Wanamaker instituted many firsts for a department store, including electric lights, the price tag, and a restaurant. The world’s largest operational organ is still in the Grand Court.
Source
Collection of Ellen G. K. Rubin.