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See also:WANAMAKER, See also:JOHN (1838— ) , See also:American See also:merchant, was See also:born, of See also:Palatine-Huguenot stock, in See also:Philadelphia, See also:Pennsylvania, on the 11th of See also:July 1838. He attended a public school in that See also:city until he was fourteen, then became an errand boy for a See also:book See also:store, and was a See also:retail clothing salesman from 1856 until 1861, when he established with Nathan See also:- BROWN
- BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
- BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
- BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
- BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
- BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
- BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
- BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
- BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
- BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
- BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
- BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
- BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
- BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
- BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
- BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
- BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
- BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
- BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
- BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
- BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
- BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
- BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)
Brown (who afterward became his See also:brother-in-See also:law) the clothing See also:house of Wanamaker & Brown, in Philadelphia, the See also:partnership continuing until the See also:death of Brown in 1868. In 1869 Wanamaker founded the house of John Wanamaker & See also:Company; and in 1875 bought the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company's See also:freight See also:depot at Thirteenth and See also:Market streets, and in the following See also:year opened it as a dry goods and clothing store, subsequently much enlarged. In See also:September 1896 he acquired from See also:Hilton, See also:Hughes & Company the former New See also:York store of A. T. See also:- STEWART, ALEXANDER TURNEY (1803-1876)
- STEWART, BALFOUR (1828-1887)
- STEWART, CHARLES (1778–1869)
- STEWART, DUGALD (1753-1828)
- STEWART, J
- STEWART, JOHN (1749—1822)
- STEWART, JULIUS L
- STEWART, SIR DONALD MARTIN (1824–19o0)
- STEWART, SIR HERBERT (1843—1885)
- STEWART, SIR WILLIAM (c. 1540—c. 1605)
- STEWART, STUART
- STEWART, WILLIAM (c. 1480-c. 1550)
Stewart, and thereafter greatly enlarged it and added a new See also:building; this, and the Philadelphia store, are among the largest See also:department stores in the See also:United States. Mr Wanamaker was postmaster-See also:general in See also:President See also:Benjamin See also:Harrison's See also:cabinet in 1889—1893, and brought about the See also:establishment of See also:post-offices on ocean-going vessels. He See also:early identified himself with religious See also:work in Philadelphia; was the first paid secretary, in 1857—1861, of that city's See also:Young Men's See also:Christian Association, of which he was president in 187o—1883, and in 1858 founded, and thereafter served as See also:superintendent of, the See also:Bethany (Presbyterian) See also:Sunday School, one of the largest in the See also:world. He took an active See also:part in the See also:movement which resulted in the formation of the United States Christian See also:Commission in 1861.
End of Article: WANAMAKER, JOHN (1838— )
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