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Philadelphia's golden age of retail / Lawrence M. Arrigale and Thomas H. Keels.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Pennsylvania Room UPA/Ph HF 5465 .U55 P537 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Arrigale, Lawrence M.
- Series:
- Images of America
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Department stores--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History--Pictorial works.
- Department stores.
- Stores, Retail--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History--Pictorial works.
- Stores, Retail.
- Department stores--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Pictorial works.
- Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Pictorial works.
- Philadelphia (Pa.).
- Philadelphia (Pa.)--Buildings, structures, etc--Pictorial works.
- Philadelphia (Pa.)--Social life and customs--Pictorial works.
- Historic buildings--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Pictorial works.
- Historic buildings.
- Buildings.
- Manners and customs.
- Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Genre:
- History.
- Pictorial works.
- Physical Description:
- 127 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Charleston, S.C. : Arcadia Pub., ©2012.
- Contents:
- The early years
- John Wanamaker's new kind of store
- Strawbridge & Clothier
- Nobody but nobody undersells Gimbels
- Thrifty stores for thrifty people
- Catering to the carriage trade
- Celebrating the holidays
- The age of expansion
- The end of an era.
- ISBN:
- 9780738592138
- 0738592137
- OCLC:
- 756576744
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