The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy. Summary Records documenting John Wanamaker's import of French painting from Parisian salons and ...

Anna Jarvis' event at the Wanamaker's department store in 1908 is among several firsts being honored this month in the city.

Philadelphia’s recently shuttered “palace of shopping,” Daniel Burnham’s 12-story department store commissioned by industrialist John Wanamaker, was largely influenced by Palazzo Medici in Florence, ...

The Wanamaker Building was built to be an icon of modern retail, a colossal temple of middle-class consumerism in the heart of Philadelphia. Over 100 years later, the palatial department stores of ...