107 relations: Advertising, Alexander Turney Stewart, Alsace, Anna Jarvis, August Gaul, Barclay Harding Warburton I, Barclay Harding Warburton II, Bay Head, New Jersey, Belgium, Benjamin Harrison, Biarritz, Blow Out, Broadway Stores, Canton of Bern, Cape May Point, New Jersey, Car, Cheltenham Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Chicago, Chicago River, Church of St. James the Less, Commemorative stamp, Copywriting, Daniel Burnham, Department store, Donald M. Dickinson, Edward Sargent, Emma Goldman, Fixed price, Florida, Frank Furness, Freemasonry, George Ashdown Audsley, George Bernard Shaw, George V, George Washington, German Empire, Grays Ferry, Philadelphia, Henry George Jr., Herculaneum, Homeless shelter, Illinois, Isaiah Vansant Williamson, Jeffrey Tucker, Jenkintown–Wyncote station, John D. Rockefeller, John Emory Powers, Kingwood Township, New Jersey, Knights of Labor, Leo Tolstoy, London, ..., Lord & Taylor, Los Angeles Art Organ Company, Louisiana Purchase Exposition, Luther Standing Bear, Macy's, Mannequin (1987 film), Manor house, Marketing, Mary Brown Wanamaker, Merchandise Mart, Merchant, Millrose Games, Mises Institute, Mother's Day (United States), Naples, Nasty Habits (film), New York City, Owney (dog), Paris, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philadelphia City Hall, Politician, Pompeii, President of the United States, Professional Golfers' Association of America, Rail transport, Republican Party (United States), Rittershoffen, Robert Sobel, Rodman Wanamaker, Rural letter carrier, Salus University, South Philadelphia, Spoils system, Stagecoach, Sunday Breakfast Rescue Mission, Switzerland, The Kreutzer Sonata, The May Department Stores Company, The New York Times, The North American, Theodore Roosevelt, Thomas Edison, Timothy Eaton, United States Postmaster General, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Wanamaker Organ, Wanamaker's, Wikisource, William Howard Taft, Williamson College of the Trades, Wilson S. Bissell, Woodward & Lothrop, World War I, World's Columbian Exposition, 12 Monkeys. Expand index (57 more) »
Advertising
Advertising is an audio or visual form of marketing communication that employs an openly sponsored, non-personal message to promote or sell a product, service or idea.
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Alexander Turney Stewart
Alexander Turney Stewart (October 12, 1803 – April 10, 1876) was a successful Irish entrepreneur who made his multimillion-dollar fortune in what was at the time the most extensive and lucrative dry goods business in the world.
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Alsace
Alsace (Alsatian: ’s Elsass; German: Elsass; Alsatia) is a cultural and historical region in eastern France, on the west bank of the upper Rhine next to Germany and Switzerland.
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Anna Jarvis
Anna Marie Jarvis (May 1, 1864 – November 24, 1948) was the founder of the Mother's Day holiday in the United States.
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August Gaul
August Gaul (October 22, 1869 – October 18, 1922) was a German sculptor and expressionism artist, born in Großauheim (now part of Hanau).
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Barclay Harding Warburton I
Major Barclay Harding Warburton I (April 1, 1866 – December 5, 1954) was the publisher of the Philadelphia Evening Telegraph.
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Barclay Harding Warburton II
Barclay Harding Warburton II (June 15, 1898 – November 26, 1936) was an American socialite, farmer, and aviator.
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Bay Head, New Jersey
Bay Head is a borough in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States.
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Belgium
Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Western Europe bordered by France, the Netherlands, Germany and Luxembourg.
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Benjamin Harrison
Benjamin Harrison (August 20, 1833 – March 13, 1901) was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 23rd President of the United States from 1889 to 1893.
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Biarritz
Biarritz (Biarritz or Miarritze; Gascon Biàrritz) is a city on the Bay of Biscay, on the Atlantic coast in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the French Basque Country in Southwestern France.
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Blow Out
Blow Out is a 1981 American neo-noir political thriller film written and directed by Brian De Palma.
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Broadway Stores
Broadway Stores, Inc., was an American retailer based in Southern California.
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Canton of Bern
The canton of Bern (Bern, canton de Berne) is the second largest of the 26 Swiss cantons by both surface area and population.
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Cape May Point, New Jersey
Cape May Point is a borough located at the tip of the Cape May Peninsula in Cape May County, New Jersey.
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Car
A car (or automobile) is a wheeled motor vehicle used for transportation.
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Cheltenham Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Cheltenham Township is a home rule township bordering North Philadelphia in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Chicago
Chicago, officially the City of Chicago, is the third most populous city in the United States, after New York City and Los Angeles.
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Chicago River
The Chicago River is a system of rivers and canals with a combined length of that runs through the city of Chicago, including its center (the Chicago Loop).
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Church of St. James the Less
The Church of St.
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Commemorative stamp
A commemorative stamp is a postage stamp, often issued on a significant date such as an anniversary, to honor or commemorate a place, event, person, or object.
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Copywriting
Copywriting is the act of writing text for the purpose of advertising or other forms of marketing.
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Daniel Burnham
Daniel Hudson Burnham, (September 4, 1846 – June 1, 1912) was an American architect and urban designer.
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Department store
A department store is a retail establishment offering a wide range of consumer goods in different product categories known as "departments".
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Donald M. Dickinson
Donald McDonald Dickinson (January 17, 1846 – October 15, 1917) was a lawyer and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.
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Edward Sargent
Edward A. Sargent (November 1, 1842 – 1914) was an American architect.
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Emma Goldman
Emma Goldman (1869May 14, 1940) was an anarchist political activist and writer.
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Fixed price
The term fixed price is a phrase used to mean the price of a good or a service is not subject to bargaining.
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Florida
Florida (Spanish for "land of flowers") is the southernmost contiguous state in the United States.
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Frank Furness
Frank Heyling Furness (November 12, 1839 - June 27, 1912) was an American architect of the Victorian era.
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Freemasonry
Freemasonry or Masonry consists of fraternal organisations that trace their origins to the local fraternities of stonemasons, which from the end of the fourteenth century regulated the qualifications of stonemasons and their interaction with authorities and clients.
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George Ashdown Audsley
George Ashdown Audsley (September 6, 1838 – June 21, 1925) was an accomplished architect, artist, illustrator, writer, decorator and pipe organ designer who excelled in many artistic fields but is perhaps best known today for having designed the Wanamaker Organ in Philadelphia.
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George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950), known at his insistence simply as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist, and political activist.
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George V
George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until his death in 1936.
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George Washington
George Washington (February 22, 1732 –, 1799), known as the "Father of His Country," was an American soldier and statesman who served from 1789 to 1797 as the first President of the United States.
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German Empire
The German Empire (Deutsches Kaiserreich, officially Deutsches Reich),Herbert Tuttle wrote in September 1881 that the term "Reich" does not literally connote an empire as has been commonly assumed by English-speaking people.
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Grays Ferry, Philadelphia
Grays Ferry, also known as Gray's Ferry, is a neighborhood in South Philadelphia bounded (roughly) by 25th Street on the east, the Schuylkill River on the west, Vare Avenue on the south, and Grays Ferry Avenue on the north.
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Henry George Jr.
Henry George Jr. (November 3, 1862 – November 14, 1916) was a United States Representative from New York and the son of the American political economist Henry George (1839–1897).
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Herculaneum
Located in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius, Herculaneum (Italian: Ercolano) was an ancient Roman town destroyed by volcanic pyroclastic flows in 79 AD.
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Homeless shelter
Homeless shelters are a type of homeless service agency which provide temporary residence for homeless individuals and families.
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Illinois
Illinois is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States.
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Isaiah Vansant Williamson
Isaiah Vansant Williamson (February 4, 1803 – March 7, 1889), commonly known as I. V. Williamson, was an American merchant and philanthropist from Pennsylvania.
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Jeffrey Tucker
Jeffrey Albert Tucker (born December 19, 1963) is an American economics writer of the Austrian School, an advocate of anarcho-capitalism and Bitcoin, a publisher of libertarian books, a conference speaker, and an internet entrepreneur.
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Jenkintown–Wyncote station
Jenkintown–Wyncote station (originally Jenkintown station) is a major SEPTA Regional Rail station along the SEPTA Main Line in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States.
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John D. Rockefeller
John Davison Rockefeller Sr. (July 8, 1839 – May 23, 1937) was an American oil industry business magnate, industrialist, and philanthropist.
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John Emory Powers
John E. Powers (1837–1919) was a highly influential American copywriter.
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Kingwood Township, New Jersey
Kingwood Township is a township in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States, located on the Hunterdon Plateau.
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Knights of Labor
Knights of Labor (K of L), officially Noble and Holy Order of the Knights of Labor, was the largest and one of the most important American labor organizations of the 1880s.
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Leo Tolstoy
Count Lyov (also Lev) Nikolayevich Tolstoy (also Лев) Николаевич ТолстойIn Tolstoy's day, his name was written Левъ Николаевичъ Толстой.
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London
London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.
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Lord & Taylor
Lord & Taylor is a department store in the United States, the oldest department store in the country.
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Los Angeles Art Organ Company
The Los Angeles Art Organ Company was based, as its name suggests, in Los Angeles, California.
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Louisiana Purchase Exposition
The Louisiana Purchase Exposition, informally known as the St.
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Luther Standing Bear
Luther Standing Bear (December 1868 – February 20, 1939) (Óta Kté or "Plenty Kill" also known as Matȟó Nážiŋ or "Standing Bear") was an Oglala Lakota chief notable in American history as a Native American author, educator, philosopher, and actor of the twentieth century.
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Macy's
Macy's (originally R. H. Macy & Co.) (stylized macy*s) is an American department store chain founded in 1858 by Rowland Hussey Macy.
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Mannequin (1987 film)
Mannequin is a 1987 American romantic comedy film starring Andrew McCarthy, Kim Cattrall, Meshach Taylor, James Spader, G. W. Bailey, and Estelle Getty.
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Manor house
A manor house was historically the main residence of the lord of the manor.
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Marketing
Marketing is the study and management of exchange relationships.
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Mary Brown Wanamaker
Mary Brown Wanamaker was a leader in welfare work and politics.
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Merchandise Mart
The Merchandise Mart (or the Merch Mart, or the Mart) is a commercial building located in the downtown Chicago, Illinois.
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Merchant
A merchant is a person who trades in commodities produced by other people.
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Millrose Games
The Millrose Games is an annual indoor athletics meet (track and field) held each February in New York City.
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Mises Institute
The Mises Institute, short name for Ludwig von Mises Institute for Austrian Economics, is a tax-exempt educative organization located in Auburn, Alabama, United States.
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Mother's Day (United States)
Mother's Day in the United States is an annual holiday celebrated on the second Sunday in May.
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Naples
Naples (Napoli, Napule or; Neapolis; lit) is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest municipality in Italy after Rome and Milan.
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Nasty Habits (film)
Nasty Habits is a 1977 British comedy film directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg, starring Glenda Jackson, Melina Mercouri, Rip Torn and Susan Penhaligon.
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New York City
The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.
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Owney (dog)
Owney (ca. 1887 – June 11, 1897), was a Border terrier adopted as the first unofficial postal mascot by the Albany, New York, post office about 1888.
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Paris
Paris is the capital and most populous city of France, with an area of and a population of 2,206,488.
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Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania German: Pennsylvaani or Pennsilfaani), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state located in the northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia is the largest city in the U.S. state and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the sixth-most populous U.S. city, with a 2017 census-estimated population of 1,580,863.
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Philadelphia City Hall
Philadelphia City Hall is the seat of government for the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Politician
A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking office in government.
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Pompeii
Pompeii was an ancient Roman city near modern Naples in the Campania region of Italy, in the territory of the comune of Pompei.
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President of the United States
The President of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America.
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Professional Golfers' Association of America
The Professional Golfers' Association of America (PGA of America) is an American organization of golf professionals.
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Rail transport
Rail transport is a means of transferring of passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, also known as tracks.
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Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party, also referred to as the GOP (abbreviation for Grand Old Party), is one of the two major political parties in the United States, the other being its historic rival, the Democratic Party.
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Rittershoffen
Rittershoffen is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
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Robert Sobel
Robert Sobel (February 19, 1931 – June 2, 1999) was an American professor of history at Hofstra University and a well-known and prolific writer of business histories.
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Rodman Wanamaker
Lewis Rodman Wanamaker (February 13, 1863 – March 9, 1928) was a department store magnate.
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Rural letter carrier
Rural letter carriers are United States Postal Service and Canada Post employees who deliver mail in what are traditionally considered rural and suburban areas of the United States and Canada.
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Salus University
Salus University is a private university in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, specializing in degree programs for the health care professions.
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South Philadelphia
South Philadelphia, nicknamed South Philly, is the section of Philadelphia bounded by South Street to the north, the Delaware River to the east and south, and the Schuylkill River to the west.
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Spoils system
In politics and government, a spoils system (also known as a patronage system) is a practice in which a political party, after winning an election, gives government civil service jobs to its supporters, friends and relatives as a reward for working toward victory, and as an incentive to keep working for the party—as opposed to a merit system, where offices are awarded on the basis of some measure of merit, independent of political activity.
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Stagecoach
A stagecoach is a four-wheeled public coach used to carry paying passengers and light packages on journeys long enough to need a change of horses.
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Sunday Breakfast Rescue Mission
Sunday Breakfast Rescue Mission (SBRM), founded in 1878, is the third oldest running rescue mission in the United States.
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Switzerland
Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a sovereign state in Europe.
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The Kreutzer Sonata
The Kreutzer Sonata (Крейцерова соната, Kreitzerova Sonata) is a novella by Leo Tolstoy, named after Beethoven's Kreutzer Sonata.
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The May Department Stores Company
The May Department Stores Company was an American department store holding company, formerly headquartered in downtown St. Louis, Missouri.
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The New York Times
The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.
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The North American
The North American was an American newspaper published in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919) was an American statesman and writer who served as the 26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909.
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Thomas Edison
Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847October 18, 1931) was an American inventor and businessman, who has been described as America's greatest inventor.
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Timothy Eaton
Timothy Eaton (March 1834 – 31 January 1907) was an Irish businessman who founded the Eaton's department store, one of the most important retail businesses in Canada's history.
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United States Postmaster General
The Postmaster General of the United States is the chief executive officer of the United States Postal Service; Megan Brennan is the current Postmaster General.
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University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology—commonly called the Penn Museum—is an archaeology and anthropology museum that is part of the University of Pennsylvania.
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Wanamaker Organ
The Wanamaker Grand Court Organ, in Philadelphia, is the largest fully functioning pipe organ in the world.
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Wanamaker's
John Wanamaker Department Store was the first department store in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and one of the first department stores in the United States.
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Wikisource
Wikisource is an online digital library of free content textual sources on a wiki, operated by the Wikimedia Foundation.
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William Howard Taft
William Howard Taft (September 15, 1857 – March 8, 1930) was the 27th President of the United States (1909–1913) and the tenth Chief Justice of the United States (1921–1930), the only person to have held both offices.
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Williamson College of the Trades
Williamson College of the Trades (formerly, "Williamson Free School of Mechanical Trades") is a men's junior vocational college located in Middletown Township near Media, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia.
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Wilson S. Bissell
Wilson Shannon Bissell (December 31, 1847 – October 6, 1903) was an American politician from New York and considered one of the foremost Democratic leaders of Western New York.
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Woodward & Lothrop
Woodward & Lothrop was a department store chain headquartered in Washington, D.C. Woodward & Lothrop was Washington, D.C.'s first department store, opening in 1887.
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World War I
World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.
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World's Columbian Exposition
The World's Columbian Exposition (the official shortened name for the World's Fair: Columbian Exposition, also known as the Chicago World's Fair and Chicago Columbian Exposition) was a world's fair held in Chicago in 1893 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World in 1492.
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12 Monkeys
12 Monkeys, also known as Twelve Monkeys, is a 1995 American neo-noir science fiction film directed by Terry Gilliam, inspired by Chris Marker's 1962 short film La Jetée, and starring Bruce Willis, Madeleine Stowe, and Brad Pitt, with Christopher Plummer and David Morse in supporting roles.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wanamaker