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| Keywords: Interior with historic organ, Wanamaker's Department Store, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania LCCN2010630086.tif 1 photograph digital TIFF file color Notes Wanamaker's department store was the first department store in Philadelphia Pennsylvania and one of the first department stores in the United States It was renowned for its honest reputation and for innovating many retailing firsts in America At its zenith in the early 20th century there were two major Wanamaker department stores one in Philadelphia and one in New York both with extremely large staffs By the end of the 20th century in the shopping-mall era there were 16 Wanamaker's outlets but the chain was absorbed into Hecht's now Macy's in 1995 after years of change The current occupant of the former Wanamaker's Department Store is Macy's Center City ; Gift and purchase; Carol M Highsmith; 2009; DLC/PP-2010 031 ; Credit line Carol M Highsmith's America Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division ; Forms part of Carol M Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M Highsmith Archive ; Title date and subjects provided by the photographer 2007 Creator Carol M Highsmith Library of Congress Catalog http //lccn loc gov/2010630086 Image download https //cdn loc gov/master/pnp/highsm/04000/04088a tif Original url http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/highsm 04088 No known restrictions on publication LOC-image highsm 04088 220px PD-Highsmith Images uploaded by Fæ Photographs by Carol M Highsmith | ||||