Captains of Industry (ep50) John Wanamaker

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John Wanamaker (July 11, 1838 – December 12, 1922) was an American merchant and religious, civic and political figure, considered by some to be a proponent of advertising and a "pioneer in marketing".

He served as United States Postmaster General in the Benjamin Harrison administration from 1889 to 1893.

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