Menu and Program for March 12, 1915 (Founder's Day) Dinner Held for Honorable John Wanamaker and Rodman Wanamaker, Esq.: Wanamaker Business Club of Philadelphia

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4pp + illustrated wrappers (Both Wanamaker gents and views of shops), string tied (front and rear covers seperated). Detailed menu, along with lists of committee members, honorary guests, New York store guests, honor roll, Wanamaker business club guests, etc. Wanamaker Sr. (John), a United States merchant and religious, civic and political figure, is considered by some to be a proponent of advertising and a "pioneer in marketing". He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and served as U.S. Postmaster General. Wanamaker the Junior (Rodman) was a department store magnate, owning stores in Philadelphia, New York City, and Paris, France. He was a patron of the arts, of education, of golf and athletics, of Native American scholarship, and was an investor in early aviation. He served as a Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania in 1916. Wanamaker first thought of how he would run a store on new principles when, as a youth, a merchant refused his request to exchange a purchase. A practicing Christian, he chose not to advertise on Sundays. Before he opened his Grand Depot for retail business, he let evangelist Dwight L. Moody use its facilities as a meeting place, while Wanamaker provided 300 ushers from his store personnel.

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• Titre: Menu and Program for March 12, 1915 (Founder's Day) Dinner Held for Honorable John Wanamaker and Rodman Wanamaker, Esq.: Wanamaker Business Club of Philadelphia
• Éditeur: Philadelphia
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