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'''Wanamaker{{'s}}''', originally known as '''John Wanamaker Department Store''', was one of the first [[department store]]s in the [[United States]]. Founded by [[John Wanamaker]] in [[Philadelphia]] in 1861, it was influential in the development of the
At its zenith in the early 20th century, Wanamaker's also had a store in [[New York City]] at [[Broadway (Manhattan)|Broadway]] and 9th Street in [[Manhattan]]. Both employed extremely large staffs. By the end of the 20th century, there were 16 Wanamaker's outlets. After years of change, the chain was bought by [[A. Alfred Taubman]] in late 1986,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/new-book-details-the-history-of-woodward-and-lothrop-a-vanished-dc-department-store/2014/04/16/cae0ed12-c577-11e3-8b9a-8e0977a24aeb_story.html|title=New book details the history of Woodward & Lothrop, a vanished D.C. department store|work=The Washington Post|last1=Kelly|first1=john|access-date=15 May 2015}}</ref> and added to Taubman's previous purchase of [[Woodward & Lothrop]], the [[Washington, D.C.]], department store.
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