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1300 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. Area served. Delaware Valley. Products. Clothing, footwear, housewares, furniture, toys, jewelry, linens. Wanamaker 's, originally known as John Wanamaker Department Store, was one of the first department stores in the United States. Founded by John Wanamaker in Philadelphia in 1861, it was ...
Lit Brothers was a moderately-priced department store based in Philadelphia. Samuel and Jacob Lit opened the first store at Market and N. 8th streets in 1891. Lits positioned itself well as a more affordable alternate to its upscale competitors Strawbridge and Clothier, John Wanamaker, and Gimbels. The store's slogan was "A Great Store in A ...
Strawbridge's. Clothing, footwear, bedding, furniture, jewelry, beauty products, and housewares. Strawbridge's, formerly Strawbridge & Clothier, was a department store in the northeastern United States, with stores in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware. The Center City Philadelphia flagship store was, in its day, a gracious urban emporium.
Clothing store located in downtown Detroit, men's fashion, and "known for having the largest display windows." [202] Jacobson's founded in Jackson or Reed City. [202] Independent regional luxury department store chain located primarily in Michigan and Florida, but also operated stores in Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, and Kansas. The last store ...
W. Wanamaker's. Categories: Defunct department stores based in Pennsylvania. Defunct department stores of the United States by city.
Bankers Securities Corporation. N. Snellenburg & Company, commonly known as Snellenburg's, was a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -based middle-class department store and wholesale clothing manufacturer, established in 1869. The company became the largest clothing manufacturer in the world and at one time employed 3,000. [citation needed]
The city undertook construction of a new city hall, designed to match its ambitions. The project was graft-ridden and it took twenty-three years to complete. Upon completion of its tower in 1894, [70] City Hall was the tallest building in Philadelphia, a position it maintained until One Liberty Place surpassed it in 1986. [71]
The iconic tulle tutu worn by Sarah Jessica Parker in the opening credits of “Sex and the City” proved a star lot in an auction of “iconic” fashion pieces from film, TV and celebrity ...