Books › Trow's general directory of the boroughs of Manhattan and Bronx, city of New York, 1917 › scan 4
Scan 4
Trow's general directory of the boroughs of Manhattan and Bronx, city of New York, 1917
45 lines. Read by computer on 25 September 2026. No printed page number was found. See the scan on archive.org.
1New York's Greatest Store
2John Wanamaker—Formerly A. T. Stewart
4Greatest in volume of sales.
5Greatest in volume and variety of merchandise.
6Greatest in area of store buildings—in addition to the old A. T. Stewart structure covering the entire block between Broadway and Fourth Avenue and Ninth and Tenth Streets, the John Wanamaker business includes the new Wanamaker Building covering another block on Broadway between Eighth and Ninth Streets and rising fourteen stories in the air, and two underground, with a subway station within the store.
8Maintaining the economies that come from a co-operative concentrated business under one roof and one management, the John Wanamaker organization is made up of
10Fifty or More Specialty Stores
11—each as individual and as highly specialized as a shop which carries on only one kind of business.
13THE JEWELRY STORE ranks among the half dozen good jewelry stores of New York.
15THE BOOK STORE is ranked by people who know ahead of any other store of its kind.
17THE PIANO STORE and the TALKING MACHINE SALONS are unique in their individuality and service.
19THE FURNITURE STORE, occupying three floors in the new Wanamaker building is without equal in America—in the business transacted, in the volume, quality and variety of the stocks always on hand.
21THE CARPET AND RUG STORES, HOUSE FURNISHING STORES, the CHINA AND GLASS STORES, the BEDDING STORES, the PICTURE GALLERIES—all bear the Wanamaker individuality which is unique in the business world.
23The old Stewart Store has become the WOMAN'S STORE—the centre of fashion in New York. Here are gathered the Fashion Salons of women's dresses, suits, wraps, coats, lingerie, corsets, negligees.
25Here is the MOST IMPORTANT SILK MARKET in America carrying out the old Stewart tradition for fine silks.
27Here are the DRESS GOODS, LACES, TRIMMINGS, in large variety.
29Here is the PURE LINEN STORE.
31Here is the FANCY GOODS STORE.
33Here are the LEATHER GOODS, the TOILET GOODS, and the CANDY STORE—all highly specialized.
35Here is the BABY STORE, the BOYS' STORE, the GIRLS' AND YOUNG WOMEN'S STORE—each a leader in its class.
37Here is the SHOE STORE for women and children—recognized as foremost in the business.
39Here is the store of HOSIERY AND UNDERWEAR, of HANDKERCHIEFS, of women's NECKWEAR AND VEILINGS—all richly stocked with new merchandise.
41THE MEN'S STORE is a highly specialized business occupying the entire main floor of the new Wanamaker building and circling the Burlington Arcade, which is the centre of men's fashions in New York. Here will be found clothing, furnishings, hosiery and underwear, walking sticks, shoes, hats, custom tailoring, and on the gallery just above a barber and hair dressing shop.
43John Wanamaker, New York
44Astor Place Subway Station
The computer misreads some letters and numbers. Where a name matters to you, read the scan.