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JOHN WANAMAKER

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JOHN WANAMAKER
<p><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext'>JOHN WANAMAKER </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:windowtext'>(1838-1922). American merchant; postmaster general (1889-1893) appointed by Benjamin Harrison. He started a clothing business in 1861 which within ten years expanded into the largest retail men’s clothing store in the US, later a department store. SP, image 6½"x8½", overall 8"x10" quarter-length portrait. Boldly signed on photographer’s mount beneath image. Light/moderate soiling and staining; some scuffing and abrasion on image; o/w Fair/Good condition.</span></p>