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Old Philadelphia Hand Towel featuring the drawing John Wanamaker's Grand Depot by Ira Shander

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John Wanamaker's Grand Depot Hand Towel

Ira Shander

by Ira Shander

$14.50

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Product Details

Decorate your bathroom and dry yourself off with our luxuriously soft bath towels and hand towels.   Our towels are made from brushed microfiber with a 100% cotton back for extra absorption.   The top of the towel has the image printed on it, and the back is white cotton.   Available in three different sizes: hand towel, bath towel, and bath sheet.

Design Details

John Wanamaker was known as Philadelphia's greatest merchant and retail innovator. If you weren't pleased, you could return anything. Including that... more

Care Instructions

Machine wash cold and tumble dry with low heat.

Ships Within

1 - 2 business days

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Hand Towel Tags

hand towels john wanamaker hand towels philadelphia landmarks hand towels w. c. fields hand towels

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Comments (13)

Dr Debra Stewart

Dr Debra Stewart 12 Days Ago

Wonderful drawing with intricate detail and precision!!!

Marcia Colelli

Marcia Colelli

Very lovely and intricate work. L

Dr Debra Stewart's Gallery

Dr Debra Stewart's Gallery

Amazing pen and ink mastery!!! -Tweet!

Khalid Saeed

Khalid Saeed

Amazing drawing, and architecture.

Uma Krishnamoorthy

Uma Krishnamoorthy

Wonderful ink drawing! F/ Pin

Kathryn Jones

Kathryn Jones

A fantastic capture of yesteryear and interesting background information!

Cathy Lindsey

Cathy Lindsey

Nice! Congratulations on your sale!

Sunil Kapadia

Sunil Kapadia

Congratulations!

David Neace

David Neace

Congratulations, your art is featured on the homepage of "Created by My Hands"

Clif Jackson

Clif Jackson

Wonderfully done, Ira!

Meg Shearer

Meg Shearer

Amazing work Ira! Fantastic detail! And wonderful history!

Ira Shander replied:

Thank-you Meg. It was the classiest department store in Philadelphia. And also had a great dining room for lunch.

Jeff  Swan

Jeff Swan

Stunning work

Ira Shander replied:

Thank-you Jeff. It was a different world.

Artist's Description

John Wanamaker was known as Philadelphia's greatest merchant and retail innovator. If you weren't pleased, you could return anything. Including that dress you wore to the wedding. And get a refund. Prices were firm, no haggling. Novel at the time. He was one of the first to use electricity throughout the store.
Wanamaker added to the store which had originally been a freight depot. He gradually bought up the entire square block. Then tore it down (1901-1910) in sections in order to to rebuild and stay in business. The present store no longer retains the name.
W. C. Fields worked at Wanamaker's as a teenager (15). He was fired after repeatedly allowing the doors to snap back too quickly propelling the customers forward at a fast trot. He went into vaudeville or the circus shortly afterwards.

About Ira Shander

Ira Shander

Hello, and thank-you for taking time to visit my web site. As a long time illustrator specializing in pen and ink, photography developed as a means for me to become expressive in color. My specialty as a line artist has always been history and architecture. I've created series for major companies, publishers, and cultural institutions throughout the United States. Take time to visit some of my galleries. I welcome commissions such as house portraits and hobby related subject matter. Again, take a peek at the galleries to get a better idea. I hope that you enjoy both means of expression and visit often. Thanks, Ira Shander

 

$14.50