Talk:John Wanamaker

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The article may be improved by following the WikiProject Biography 11 easy steps to producing at least a B article. -- Yamara 01:21, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

Lotteries
I added the paragraph on lotteries because it seemed like a significant enough event to merit inclusion in the article. However, there may be better references than the one I cited. That same reference also mentioned that Wanamaker ended Sunday mail deliveries during his term. MrOxmyx (talk) 00:09, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

We're missing some religious information
Hello Wiki, John Wanamaker was Philadelphia's leading lay Presbyterian, and he funded the construction of a prominent church building (I think on Broad Street, our main traffic artery), as well as its success, including the salary (and publications of sermons) of George Frederick Pentecost, who was a very famous evangelist of the time and the brother of Hugh O. Pentecost. Wanamaker would make it very clear to his retail employees that, if they were not spotted in his church's pews on a Sunday, they'd be fired, first thing Monday morning. I know the granddaughter of one of his sales ladies. I have all the sources in my scrap-books. I'll get them into the article as soon as possible. Warm regards, BobHelms (talk) 02:16, 25 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Did you ever get them into the article, Bob? If you did, someone deleted them.
 * The lede says he was a "religious, civic and political figure," yet the article says nothing about his religious beliefs. So this is indeed a glaring omission. 2601:281:D880:7880:444F:1802:D42:F47A (talk) 06:52, 5 April 2023 (UTC)

Frank B. Tesson
A close business partner of John Wanamaker was Frank B. Tesson (1866-1915) of Philadelphia. Tesson was Vice President of the Wanamaker Board of Trade and Vice President and Treasurer of the Anatomic Footwear Company. He was also the head of the Wanamaker shoe department for the last seven years of his life. In the spring of 1915, Tesson and his wife, the former Alice Lowe Atkins, intended to go on an extended buying trip for Wanamaker's in Paris. To do so, they boarded the RMS Lusitania together and both died in the sinking off the Irish coast. Just in case somebody wants to include this (maybe it's of interest to somebody...?). Thanks, OfficeBoy (talk) 14:47, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

Brother in law
The parenthetic phrase (the untimely death of his brother-in-law) seems out of place. Can someone expand on it? Or delete it? Woz2 (talk) 02:48, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

Father Of Modern Advertising?
Looking at the external citation for the introduction, it only states that Wanamaker was the pioneer of marketing. The citation (and by that I mean the article it links to) says nothing about Wanamaker being the father of modern advertising. When searching on the internet, all other sources point to Albert Lasker as the father of modern advertising. This has to be corrected in some way. Anybody agree with me?

WeirdnSmart0309 (talk) 18:41, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

Quote from Miscellany Section Questioned
I found this in the article and am moving it here. See below: TeriEmbrey (talk) 18:26, 14 May 2014 (UTC)

[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William_Lever,_1st_Viscount_Leverhulme&pe=1&#Quotes Similar quote attributed to William Lever. One of you is right, the question is which one?]

"New York Times (New York Times, Inc.)."
Is this citation correct as the NYT's is co, and Time magazine is Inc?Srednuas Lenoroc (talk) 05:54, 5 May 2015 (UTC)