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Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-01-09

Total Pages: 448

ISBN-13: 9780428659301

Excerpt from Crockery and Glass Journal, Vol. 71: January-June, 1910 It was a peculiarly fitting thing for the venerable, yet still sprightly, founder of this famous establishment, on the day of its new splendor, to stand at the very spot where his earliest customers used to come, and to wel come personally his fellow citizens of the new genera tlon. A pleasant incident was the homely greeting which he received from an old Philadelphian, who said: Well, John, I see you are still right on the job, just as you were thirty-three years ago. This old acquaintance was referring to a previous morning, the occasion of the first opening of the former store on the same spot, when Mr. Wanamaker, having broomed away the last Shavings left by the carpenters, unlocked his doors and met his early customers who came to inspect what was then considered a most palatial merchant-place. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.