2004-10-30/2019-10-15 - From the OHS PC Database, derived from A Guide to North American Organbuilders, by David H. Fox (Richmond, Va.: Organ Historical Society, 1991). — Born 1863; son of John Wanamaker, founder of noted Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, department store; studied organ, collected antique violins; supervised installation of St. Louis Purchase Exposition organ in the Philadelphia store, 1909; established Wanamaker Organ Shop in store to enlarge instrument, 1911; died March 9, 1928 in Ventnor, New Jersey. Sources: The Diapason April 1928, 20. The American Organist September 1988, 55. The American Organist October 1988, 55. The American Organist November 1988, 64.
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