Lewis Rodman Wanamaker was an American businessman and heir to the Wanamaker's department store fortune. In addition to operating stores in Philadelphia, New York City, and Paris, he was a patron of the arts, education, golf, athletics, a Native American scholarship, and of early aviation.
Wanamaker in 1927
The Wanamaker Organ
The America flying boat on Lake Keuka
The Wanamaker Tomb and Bell Tower at the Church of St. James the Less in Philadelphia
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 influential in the development of the retail industry including as the first store to use price tags.
The grand court at the original Wanamaker's at 1300 Market Street in Philadelphia in May 2017
The logo, patterned after John Wanamaker's signature
John Wanamaker's on Market Street in 1876
The Grand Court in the Wanamaker Store in Philadelphia, showing the organ façade at the south end in 1917