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John Wanamaker (Firm)

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role Dealer/Gallery
dates 1881-
city Philadelphia
statePA
sex n/a
historical notes Wanamaker’s Department Store was established in 1861; the art gallery, which is now defunct, opened in 1881.
decades
of activity
1880-1890
1890-1900
1900-1910
1910-1920
1920-1930
1930-1940
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Archives/Repository Collection Title Collection Details
Archives of American Art
Victor Building, Suite 2200
John Wanamaker department store art gallery records, [ca. 1908]-1941. see details...
Archives of American Art
Victor Building, Suite 2200
John Wanamaker, New York exhibition catalogs, 1916-1934. see details...
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts
University of Pennsylvania
Correspondence with Theodore Dreiser, 1914-1918. see details...
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts
University of Pennsylvania
Correspondence with Eugene Ormandy, 1974. see details...
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts
University of Pennsylvania
Correspondence with Marian Anderson, 1932-1977. see details...
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts
University of Pennsylvania
Correspondence with Edgar Fahs Smith, 1911-1920. see details...
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Archives
Edwin Atlee Barber Records, 1901-1916 see details...
The Historical Society of Pennsylvania
1300 Locust Street
John Wanamaker Collection, 1827-1987
see details...
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Archives
Langdon Warner Records, 1917-1923 see details...