Pioneer store first to be lit by electricity in 1878
The John Wanamaker store in Philadelphia is said to be the first to be lighted by electricity turning on 28 arc lamps the night after Christmas 1878. It astonished observers as “as light as day.” The note adds that the United States does not issue perpetual bonds while Britain and France issue such bonds.
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Board of Local Improvements
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WM. G. Dolton
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A. D
Henry W. Schnoor
John Wanamaker
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United States
France
England
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