Wanamaker
JOHN, an American merchant; born in Philadelphia, Pa., July 11, 1838; began his career as an errand boy in a bookstore; was afterward employed as a retail clothing salesman; and in 1861 established, with Nathan Brown, the clothing house of Wanamaker & Brown, own, in Philadelphia. Ph In 1876 he founded a large department store in that city and subsequently converted the A. T. Stewart building on Broadway, New York, into a similar store. In 1889-1893 he was Postmaster- General. He was long active in religious work, and early founded the Bethany Presbyterian Sunday-school, in Philadelphia, which soon became one of the largest in the United States.
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