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[John Wanamaker, 1838-1922, half length portrait, facing right] – Historic Photo Reproduction

[John Wanamaker, 1838-1922, half length portrait, facing right] — historic photograph
[John Wanamaker, 1838-1922, half length portrait, facing right]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of [John Wanamaker, 1838-1922, half length portrait, facing right]. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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[John Wanamaker, 1838-1922, half length portrait, facing right]

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John Wanamaker was a Philadelphia merchant who built one of the first great department stores in the United States, and this half-length portrait shows him in profile, looking to the right. The caption card records no date, so the exact year the photograph was taken is unknown, though the sitter's dates place it sometimes between his rise as a retailer in the 1860s and his death in 1922. Wanamaker was also known for his civic and religious work, including his role as Postmaster General in the 1889 to 1893 administration of Benjamin Harrison. Photographic portraits like this one were widely circulated in that era, which made the image of a prominent businessman a familiar sight in newspapers and magazines.

Medium1 photographic print.
Notes[no date recorded on caption card]
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,061 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-134876

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