[John Wanamaker's Grand Depot trade cards]
Title
[John Wanamaker's Grand Depot trade cards]
Description
Series of illustrated trade cards for John Wanamaker's Grand Depot at Thirteenth and Market Streets in Philadelphia, opened in 1876 to cater to Centennial Exhibition crowds. Illustrations depict a butterfly; two children walking outside with their parents; a harp with the figure of a mermaid forming the column; a round pediment inscribed "Constitution" resting on three caryatids; yellow flag with two horizontal red stripes; exterior views of the Grand Depot with pedestrian and vehicular traffic in the foreground; a girl feeding birds; a girl eating a piece of fruit; head portraits of girls wearing bonnets; cranes standing in water; sprays of flowers; children and a dog gathered around a piano, one of them playing a flute; a Japanese man tripping two boys with spools of "Stafford braid"; and two men dueling with swords., Title supplied by cataloger., Two prints [1975.F.945 & 947] part of Wemple & Kronheim's Series No. 43., Two prints [1975.F.908 & 999] copyrighted 1877 by L. Prang & Co., Two prints [1975.F.945 & 947] copyrighted 1879 by Wemple & Kronheim, N.Y., Two prints [1975.F.985 & 986] copyrighted 1878 by L. Prang & Co., Boston., Printers and engravers include L. Prang & Co. (Boston), Wemple & Kronheim (New York), Donaldson Brothers (New York), S.C. Duval (Philadelphia), Mayer, Merkel & Ottmann (New York), and Marcus Ward & Co. (Belfast)., Eight prints contain advertising text printed on versos., Two prints contain calendars printed on verso, one [1975.F.922] for 1881 and the other [P.9577.12] for 1900., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
[ca. 1877-1900]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - John Wanamaker [1975.F.316; 1975.F.908; 1975.F.918; 1975.F.920-922; 1975.F.943; 1975.F.945; 1975.F.947; 1975.F.954; 1975.F.956; 1975.F.985 & 986; 1975.F.989; 1975.F.999; 1975.F.1005; 1975.F.1008; P.9577.12]
Wanamaker's great store, Phila.
Title
Wanamaker's great store, Phila
Description
View of Wanamaker's Grand Depot from the northeast showing the Market Street facade between 12th and 13th Streets. Wanamaker opened the depot, designed by Theopilius P. Chandler, in 1876 in the old Pennsylvania Railroad Company train sheds. Demolished 1902., Buff mount with rounded corners., Title inscribed in negative., Series title stamped on mount., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., Duplicate view published by Alfred S. Campbell of Elizabeth, New Jersey (P.9047.92)., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Johnston, J. S. (John S.), photographer
Date
ca. 1896
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Johnston - business - Wanamaker [P.9047.91]
Wanamaker's store, Phila.
Title
Wanamaker's store, Phila
Description
View of Wanamaker's Grand Depot from the northeast showing the Market Street facade between 12th and 13th Streets. Wanamaker opened the depot, designed by Theopilius P. Chandler, in 1876 in the old Pennsylvania Railroad Company train sheds. Demolished 1902., Buff mount with rounded corners., Title inscribed in negative., Stamped on mount: Copyrighted 1896 by Alfred S. Campbell, Elizabeth, N.J., U.S.A., Printed label on verso contains text describing the store., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., Duplicate view published by J.S. Johnston of Philadelphia (P.9047.91)., Reproduced in The Print and Photograph Department of the Library Company of Philadelphia's Center City Philadelphia in the 19th century (Portsmouth, N.H.: Arcadia Publishing, 2006), p. 66., Arcadia caption text: Having outgrown his original men’s and boy’s clothing store at Sixth and Market streets, John Wanamaker purchased an abandoned Pennsylvania Railroad freight depot at Thirteenth and Market streets in 1874 and remodeled it into Philadelphia’s first department store. Known as the Grand Depot, the store attracted thousands of customers daily. By the time of this 1896 photograph, the store had electric lights, telephones, elevators, a large restaurant, and “many waiting, reading and toilet rooms” for the comfort of the customers. In the early 20th century a new Wanamaker’s store was constructed on the same site., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Campbell, Alfred S.
Date
c1896
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Campbell - business - Wanamaker [P.9047.92]