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Feb 5, 2022 8 min

008. "What Was....Wanamaker's?"

from The Manic Metallic Podcast Hosted by Manic Metallic

In the second installment of our “What Was….?” series, we’re going to talk about one of the first department stores in the United States, created in the birthplace of American democracy. We’re going to talk about Wanamaker’s, created in Philadelphia. REFERENCES PBS https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/theymadeamerica/whomade/wanamaker_hi.html Smithsonian Magazine https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/what-hundred-year-old-department-store-can-tell-us-about-overlap-retail-religion-and-politics-180971413/ Atlas Obscura https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/wanamaker-building Restauranting Through History https://restaurant-ingthroughhistory.com/2008/08/20/department-store-restaurants-wanamakers/#:~:text=The%20better%20known%20restaurant%20in,financier%20of%20the%20American%20Revolution. Philadelphia Encyclopedia https://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/archive/department-stores/ SUPPORT THE MANIC METALLIC PODCAST ($) https://app.redcircle.com/shows/11d2b542-f3b4-4462-b85e-5708034cb823/donations CONNECT WITH MANIC METALLIC Subscribe To Our Substack Newsletter: manicmetallic.substack.com/subscribe Manic Metallic Website: manicmetallic.com TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@manicmetallicofficial CONNECT WITH LIBERTY Substack: substack.com/@libertyimhoff Website: libertyimhoff.com Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/libertyimhoff/

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