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walnut-salad-bowl-finish-zip-code Your are right mary robak - they never tasted better! Never underestimate what a kid takes in. Looking at the state street store walnut salad bowl finish zip code I was wondering if any veteran Field employees or long time customers could tell me what the four shops listed below sold? The Pilgrim shop, as you could expect, sold Colonial-style furniture. The change indicated that the store was no longer unique and just like others, in my opinion. Anonymous 21 June,

I'm having doubts that the work is by E. Couse, due to the subject matter, but it is a sensational painting nonetheless. Take care. I am looking for the menu or anyone that remembers what the tea time plate in the Walnut room had on it. It was served at like pm. Had finger sandwiches with petit fours and gum drops and Constant Comment tea. Found this site, after much research. We lived in the country in a small town in Ohio, so we didn't have the money to make a trip to the city "Chicago", so we ordered our "dress" clothes from the catalog.

We had to wait until the "grown-ups" looked at all the clothes before we could look. Now this was back in the 40's. I remember my brothers saving their money to buy the serge suits. Couldn't wait til I got old enough to pick out some clothing.

Could you please tell me if marshall fields products were ever sold in the UK MY dad seems to remember using soap and mens hair cream. Iknow they had buying offices here in the Uk could you give me any info onthe Uk side pleas Regards DebbI uk.

When I was a very little girl, my parents took me downtown to see Santa. When I asked my mother about all the other Santas on the street corners ringing bells, she replied: "Those are Santa's helpers, collecting coins for the Salvation Army. There is only one real Santa, and he is at Marshall Field's. Oh my - what fun to find this blog.

I showed it to a salesperson at Macy's last night and she stared and stared at it and said, "It's an antique! Don't know what to do with it - seems a shame to toss it.

I guess I'll hang onto it. One thing I did not see mentioned yet is the College Board. This was a group of college girls that were hired to work at Field's for the summer.

My dad was a pastor in Chicago and one of his parishioners worked in the 28 Shop and helped me get the College Board job for the summer of Each year an outfit was especially designed for the College Board. I'll never forget how expertly the outfits were tailored to fit each girl.

I felt like a million bucks when I went outside on my lunch hour sometimes over to the Picasso statue. Lunch was often a hot dog from the basement snack bar. After I was married and had a baby, as did my close friend, we started a tradition of going to Marshall Field's for a day during the Christmas season. Our day consisted of an "el" ride downtown, playing in the toy department, waiting in line to eat at the Walnut room the mothers took turns shopping while the other stayed in the line with the kids , always ordering the Field's Special, getting fairy dust sprinkled on us, ordering drinks so we could take home the year's decorated glass mug, listening to the elves sing around the store, peeking in on Santa, looking at the windows, and then another el ride home.

What great memories. We kept up this tradition with my 2 children and my friend's 4 until some of them were in college! Thanks so much for this blog and to everyone for stirring up Field's memories.

Dear BAK -- First, thanks for the terrific website. It's a joy to peruse and makes me extremely nostalgic. Second, I couldn't get through all the comments above, but scanned many of them, so forgive me if I repeat anything already written. As a native almost 60 Field's was my second home. Calling it Marshall Field's endorses their company name change, but more on that below. I had such chauvinism for this store, I took it personally if someone said something disparaging.

I knew the store inside and out. As a northsider, I also was well acquainted with the Evanston and Old Orchard stores. However, there was no store like the loop store. In and I worked summers at the Store for Men -- when it was across the street. I worked for a very brief time in Evanston in The Store for Men was the real McCoy: five floors of elegant fixtures and interiors, a PAJAMA shop, a hat shop the size of hotel lobby, salesmen and women who had been at that store for upwards of 25 years, floor walkers!

But saw the beginning of the end I believe the first sign was installing a giant staircase on the first floor of the men's store that connected the men's budget store to the main store's budget floor. It completely ruined the elegance of that first floor. But worse was in sight. The coup de grace, I believe, was building the Water Tower Store. This was acknowledging the demise of the loop and the emergence of the "new" downtown, north of the river.

This only underscored, and in a way endorsed, "white flight" from downtown to the new mall called North Michigan Avenue. That development represents its own tragedy -- a sophisticated, refined, human-scaled de luxe shopping corridor became and remains an architectural waste land of flip flops and tights. I was horrified. Tasteless, incorrect, tacky, wrong.

Oddly, I am a person who thinks the world would be a better place without this current "branding" phenomenon Everyone was head over heels with Phil Miller. Certainly he had style and credentials -- but he wasn't Field's. In those days something was or was not "Field's. Didn't Target then acquire the store? It just began the long, painful process of circling the drain, so that, frankly, when it closed, I said good riddance.

It was no longer Field's, it didn't look like Field's, Uncle Mistletoe and Aunt Holly were sent to the graveyard, Frango mints were no longer being made in the store, horrific remodeling occurred including the removal of the 28 Shop elevator! I'll never forget Field's, but holding on to the hope it will come back is ludicrous and fruitless. I say to all those people still "sitting shiva" for Field's, get real.

It wasn't Field's when it closed and it won't be if it reopens. If it looks like Macy's, smells like Macy's etc. It's over and never to come back.

And if you think what happened to Field's is a travesty -- look down the street at what became of the wonderful, innovative store that was Carson's! Thanks for letting me rant. This is a great site. It has brought back so many wonderful memories for me. As a child, my Mom and Dad would always take me downtown to see the windows at Christmas. I have great memories of eating with my Mom at the Veranda Room after an eye doctor's appt.

Who knew I would be lucky enough to work for them while I went to college. I worked in Fine and Fashion Jewelry in the 's. I remember receiving a very extensive training course, before you got to work on the sales floor. You had to learn not only how to operate their cash register and learn to ring up cash and credit card sales but how to wrap gifts, fill out very specific forms for delivery of packages. Local delivery verses delivery across country. How to pack small items so they did not get damaged in transit.

I was able to work with the Antique Jewelry buyer on a trunk show. She would buy specific pieces on consignment with certain customers in mind. Usually she was spot on, the customers purchased the pieces. Some of the items were quite expensive Now that is the customer service that gave Field's their name and reputation. I remember handwriting invitations to customers to come to the show. It was very successful. I read the above comment with reference to the employee dress code. I still have my book.

The code was very specfic and strict. Women had to wear hose at all times, no open toed shoes, appropriate hemline. Dresses could only be so many inches above the knee, too short and an employee would be sent home. Hair had to be neat. For men, beards were to kept neat and trimmed. No long hair. Suits and ties were required. No casual clothes. No one really complained it was what added to the Marshall Field atmosphere and the privledge of working for Marshall Field's. I remember learning to wrap packages and providing the complimenary gift card.

Logo, then it was wrapped in gold cord and after the customer had written a personal note on a gold gift card it was attached to package with the same gold cord. I remember in Fine Jewelry, items were placed in the appropriate green leather gift box. The gift card was a little nicer, it came in its own little envelope. I remember practicing making the white bows. As if that was not enough, the customer could get it delivered locally the next day.

No charge for shipping. All arriving neat and tidy on the Marshall Field and Co. Now that is the customer service, that kept people loyal to Marshall Field's. They also provided free seminars to employee's about the items they were selling so they were knowledgeable about the merchandise they were selling and could provide that knowledge to their customers.

All in all great memories and lovely people to work with. Great customers too!!!!! Selfridges is a high end English department store. It was founded in the early 's by Harry Selfridge. He had worked for Fields and based his business model on what he had learned in Chicago. He married one of the Buckingham girls. She absolutely adored Chicago, and along with that was Marsshall Field's! When we lived in Ohio and other places, but Grandma and my cousins still lived in Chicago, we always got our gifts from Fields, loved opening the boxes to see what treasure we received!

In the 80's ,from Michigan' I took my daughter on a bus trip to Chicago, to spend a day downtown, and we spent most of the day at Marshall Fields, where I was just amazed at the architecture, history, g oods, and the old clock outside. I have studied the Chicago architecture, and know some of the history of the Fields, and of Mrs.

Fields, and their fabulour mansion in the late 's, and the whole story of the family, architecture, history of the merchandising kings, just keeps me searching for more info.

I am glad I was able to shop there a few times before it closed, and that is such a shame. I am glad my mom and grandmother are not here to see that-. In , when I was 16 years old, I applied for and got a job as a sale's associate for Marshall Field's in downtown Chicago. I worked weekends and summers all though high school and college. I really enjoyed working and shopping at Field's.

I bought a Singer sewing machine with my first money and still use that machine today. In , at the age of 16, I applied for a got a job as a sales associate at Marshall Field's in downtown Chicago. I worked weekends and summers throughout high school and collage. I bought a Singer sewing machine there with my first paychecks. I still use that machine to this day. Field's was a very classy operation and I was proud to work there. I have never stepped into Macy's to this day.

I'm curious about how the store's layout changed in when they moved the Store for Men into the main store. Anybody know? Thank you for this great website, and the work that you've put into it. I'm a native Chicagoan From the city, not the suburbs! When I went back home for the holidays and vacations, I always bought a few presents from Marshall Field's for my New York friends.

Even the most jaded New Yorkers would be deeply impressed with something for them in the tastefully elegant store wrappings from Marshall Field's! The store advertised quite rightly in "The New Yorker" back then: "There's nothing like it back home!

Thank you for your wonderful site! I will have to come back later when I have time to read and enjoy the beautiful photography. Both of my parents were from Chicago.

Love Chicago! Thanks again!! The store for men was built just before WW1. It was originally built to be a home store but a Field executive encountered a man smoking a cigar in the main store elevator and it was decided to keep the men out of the store as not to offend women.

In it first incarnation it was very nice but is now a maze. Although they do have a good mens cologne dept and nice shirts and ties. Before the GAP you could buy a nice pair of cord Levis for about eight bucks In those days you bought it from Fields and that made it special not that it was a fancy designer. Fields was the best brand. Great book department and Krochs was right across the street! I love this blog! It's so interesting reading about Field's and all the other iconic department stores in the country.

This is a fantastic site. I have to be careful or I will spend hours here. I can not stand Macy's anyway and really dislike them for taking this away from Chicago for no good reason.

I hope that Hudson's Bay Co. I have been to the Bay story in Vancouver BC a couple time and you can get that feeling of the old full-service department store with some great merchandise too. Thanks again and keep up the great work here! Looking at the state street store directory I was wondering if any veteran Field employees or long time customers could tell me what the four shops listed below sold? My guesses are: The Williamsburg Shop sold pewter ware? Hello, Mike! I am really glad someone appreciates the directories.

The Williamsburg Shop sold licensed home decorative items from Williamsburg, Virginia. Only a few department stores in the U. The Gazebo sold decorative home accessories, and I believe it was written up in the fall or 77 Chicago Tribune. The Sunningdale shop was named after a village in Berkshire, England and sold higher end classic clothing. You can look at the ads in the Chicago Tribune and see what was sold there.

The "posthorn" in the logo is a key to the classic nature of the boutique. The Pilgrim shop, as you could expect, sold Colonial-style furniture. Well very much enjoyed reading thru the store directory! It shows a great deal of attention to detail! Here are some causes I believe might have played a part: Overzealous bean counter management. More profit at any cost. Robert Campeau Uninspired upper managements not able to keep up with the times and not being able to keep what is good about the old.

Please the older generation of shoppers and excite the younger generation of shoppers as well. They were busy then too if not more so!

Can you tell me anything about the Cochio line of fine leather furniture sold by Field's in the 70's and 80's? Researching my family genealogy, I discovered a relative who worked for Marshall Fields in , so I was delighted to find your website!

I don't suppose any employee records would still survive? You might try the Chicago Historical Society museum. I understand they house the Field's archives. Ah, such wonderful memories! We lived in the southwest suburbs, but my mother would plan an all day outing "downtown" several times a year to shop at Field's. I can recall the delight of reaching the "shoes floor" and spending an hour looking at books. Every Christmas meant a trip to dine under the tree and select one special early gift from the toy department.

As we grew up, shopping was primarily in the 'burbs, but Field's was a staple. My sister was a member of the College Board at the Oakbrook stare, and, yes, that was quite prestigious Today's shoppers have no idea what the Field's experience was like: knowledgeable help, wonderful variety, items you couldn't find anywhere else, and service, service, service!

I seem to recall purchasing a computer from Field's from an electronics department which, if I remember correctly, was outsourced to some other vendor but sold in Field's stores in the 90's. Might you remember what they called that department?

Thanks for the delightful walk down Memory Lane! This was a treat to find! We would ride the el I always made us ride backwards to Marshal Field and Co, just the two of us. She would get me a hot fudge sundae at pink marble ice cream parlor. Your are right mary robak - they never tasted better!

I just found your blog and love it! It seems like it could be related to the Marshall Field's Young Chicagoan line but I don't know if they opened any offshoot shops like that. Any light you could shed on the matter? Thanks for a great blog! As far as I know, they didn't have stand-alone shops like that. You might like to check the library for Chicago City directories for the s or so, and see if there is an ad or reference to the shop on Logan Square.

That would tell you what type of shop Millinery, Children's shoes? I do like the logo, too. Thanks for your kind comments about my blog. I have been remiss in updating it because I am mired in a book project, but hopefully will be done soon.

Kind regards: Bruce. Does anybody know some of the recipes from Field's before they started to outsource and traded hands. I know they have to exist in the memory of ex-employees or jotted down in family cookbooks. I am the child of a former exec and remember all the confections he would bring home and the wonderful food my Mother and I would have when we would meet him for lunch.

Does anybody else remember the bulk bags of Frango rejects sold in the employee store? Please don't let the foods and memory of them die out. We are all getting older Thank You.

My Grandmother was the secretary to the President in the 50s and 60s. When she came to visit us she would bring us wax figures filled with chocolate. The one I really remember was a gray mouse. Do you possibly remember these or have a photo of them? We really looked forward to getting these. I worked at both the State Street and Park Forest stores. They were my first job. I loved the upscale not a term in use then atmospheres and the people I worked with were great.

In the late 's I was visiting my mom in the Chicago area. We went to the Park Forest store to have lunch in the Trail Room only to find out the restaurant had closed the week before. It was not long before the whole store closed. Now it is even torn down. How sad. I am glad for the memories I have of Fields. Hello BAK, I've been trying to do some research on some old Marshall Fields memorabilia we have, including a catalog from the opening of the State street store in Chicago detailing all the different departments, pretty cool stuff.

I was wondering if you could help me out, what's the best way I can contact you to discuss? Cody, you may use my public email address, bakgraphics comcast. Does anyone have information about Marshall Fields having had a 'Fancy Costume" department. I would say in the 's, Maybe Cody L - could you check the directory you mentioned on May 14?

Appreciate any information, memories Indeed, Macy's is nothing like Marshall Field's. Marshall Field's would be more competitive with Bloomingdale's. Chicago lost both it's grand stores on State Street.

It was called "SILO" electronics department. This site is exactly what I was looking for. Although I grew up at the Woodfield Marshall Field's. Downtown Field's so many memories especially from the holidays.

I am looking for some help. My great grandfather W. Barnes designed jewelry for Fields, which I have slides of many of these gorgeous and vintage pieces.

I would love to get in contact with anyone who is familiar with their antique jewelry. The cake is huge!! Another card is of one of the gigantic twin clocks. They are not dated. Does anyone know when the th anniversary was? Found at an estate sale in Charlotte, NC. I was looking at some postcards concerning the Marshall Fields Men's Store on east Washington and I saw some magnificent pictures of the Men's Grill at that location.

It was a beautiful restaurant with a dome ceiling. Since the building is still in existence I was wondering if the room was still intact and if the building would allow you to visit it? Thanks, look forward to your answer. I am not certain, but I don't think that the room exists.

I was on that floor in the late s or early s and there was a streamlines lunch counter just off the elevators - I assume that at some point, quicker, cheaper, more casual lunches were the order of the day, and apparently that trumped the beautiful interior shown in the post-cards!

I am teaching a college course on Chicago bookstores to a group of amazing seasoned learners, Walnut Salad Bowl Finish 90 Several of them remember the bookstore that was part of fields which may explain the earlier post about the copy of the Jane Austin book with Marshall Fields stamped on the inside. I have googled about every variation I can think of and the results keep talking about the Barbara's Bookstore branch which was added after Macy's took over.

Does anyone out there including BAK know anything about the bookstore? There was a candy bar Marshall Fields sold in the 's - 's which was a white chocolate or butterscotch crunchie bar, maybe something like Landis - does anyone remember this or have a knock-off recipe?

It was only open for a few years in the s--I'm thinking to It was added to the mall in a new wing, like Saks Fifth Avenue before it. After it closed I think the space became something else before ending up as a JC Penney. Incidentally, the gorgeous Frost Bros. Class Code , ,, store 5, or number It belonged to a deceased Dr. What should I do with it? Althea Soltis. If anyone is familiar with the physical layout of the State St building "behind the scenes" specifically relating to the location and operation of the candy factory that was up on 13 and the basement levels below what was then the 'budget floor' this would have included the receiving area where the small electric trains from the Chicago Tunnel Company made deliveries and took out shipments please send an e-mail to Mmouse juno.

Here is an interesting Wiebolt link containing the Wiebolt annual report. I have a very large ornate buffet table that has an inscription inside the drawer that says " Especially made for Marshall Fields Chicago Illinois" not sure how old it is? How would I find that out? Addavis gmail.

It was a major manufacture of dry goods. Though not a major part of the overall company it did have a satellite restaurant at Midway Airport called the Cloud Room. When it opened in , it was the largest building in the world. At least not ALL the time. Take Marshall Field himself.

By all accounts he was described as a cold, distant, stingy and at rare times a bit of a grouch. Typical self-made man trying make a buck. But for all that he did give future generations a fantastic foundation to really grow a very fine company.

I hesitated in posting this comment - because in my opinion it is too easy to judge someone from such a distance. The "typical self-made men trying to make a buck" have provided me with a livelihood over the years, and I really didn't care about their moods or personalities. If Mr. Field was really that bad, his name would not be the household word it was, and after all, his achievement was the fine department store he founded and inspired.

A different opinion. My Comment was more meant as a historical note not as an assignation of Marshall Field character. I learned a long time ago that it is very unwise to lionize a historical figure to the level of a Demi-God. By all means praise their great accomplishments, but also recognize that they were all too human.

This is the most difficult job of an historian to maintain perspective. Anyone remember the fragrance sold by Field's called London Mist?

It was the best. My family moved to Evanston in the early sixties and we quickly grew to love Marshall Fields. I have fond memories of Christmas with Santa in the Walnut room. My first job was working in the linen department in Evanston. I worked there off and on for several years through school. I was sent to training in the Chicago store and still remember class and getting off the L and walking right into the basement.

Marshall Fields was truly a treasure. I am sad it has changed hands but thankful for the memories of such a wonderful store. My mom was an elevator operator at the state st store during the forties. I have photos of her in her uniform. I was wondering if anyone could give me the following info about the giant flag: 1 Is the new flag an exact copy of the original flag OR is it just a new flag? I have shopped at many department stores. There was nothing that compared to the experience of the original Marshall Field and Company.

It was the s, before O'Hare became the primary airport in Chicago. The corned beef has was beyond compare, with a little cream sauce on the side. Thanks, BAK, for this living record. I believe that the restaurant was named "The Cloud Room. Thank you, also for your kind comments. Went to Macy's State Street today, and was surprised and shocked to see they still have a Marshall Field's History display on the 7th floor.

Even though the store is now Macy's, they have kept nearly all of the selling floors: 8 floors and the basement. The 9th floor is closed as a sales floor, but is used for special events such as the annual flower show. I was expecting the store to have "shrunk" more than that, but am happy that it has kept as much selling space as it has. BAK - I was talking to my Mom about Fields and was surprised to find that they had a dry cleaners shop on the ninth floor.

Do you happen to know if they had an actual dry cleaning plant up there and everything? Are the Marshall Field's Gift Certificates still able to be used somewhere? Or does anyone think they will be worth sometime in the future? Or does anyone think the gift certificates will be worth sometime in the future? I just found your website today and will undoubtedly spend lots of time here reliving past memories. I started as a General Employee who was a part-time temporary employee who worked in various departments, as opposed to a Regular Employee who was a full-time permanent employee assigned to a specific department during the Christmas season in And would anyone perhaps another former employee remember how the scrambled eggs were made that were sold in the Budget Floor Dinette they were the absolute best, heaviest, thickest, gooiest scrambled eggs I have ever had, and cannot find any recipe that even comes close — all the detectives would go for those scrambled eggs every morning before work.

Anyway, as Bob Hope used to say, Thanks for the Memories!! Little things that one would not think to value. Even the round concrete building support piers were outfitted with electrical conduits built in to support piers. I have forgotten how many display windows there originally were. They sure thought of everything when they built that place. The store was replete with LOTS of coffee clutches that were filled with employees that were from departments from all over the store.

He worked there starting Oct. His sister also worked there on State St. If you don't have a copy I can mail this one to you or email the pages if you prefer.

Sven Lundquist. Hello, Sven! Could you please email me at bakgraphics comcast. I would love to see it! Thanks - it's a real artifact! Christmas and Marshall Fields go together. I use to go there to see Santa Claus and the Window decorations, I really loved it. Then I Walnut Salad Bowl Finish 35 went to work there for 14 years. I have some fond memories. Hi I'm wondering if anyone might know anything about the custom leather shop that was once located at the State Street Marshall Fields.

Something else, would anyone know if there are any of the old order books or anything like that? Possibly in a museum or library?

I was wondering what were the approximate hours of operations for the suburban Marshall Field in store restaurants? Did they close in the late afternoons or did they stay open thru the evenings? They certainly were open for dinner in the evenings. Most of the stores were traditionally closed on Saturday evenings so the restaurants were not open on Saturday for dinner. About 5 years ago I came upon your excellent MF blog, and it was a pivotal part in my exploration of Chicago's millinery history.

Over time I have done a couple blog posts about MF fashion, with a nod to millinery. Now back to working on another blog, mostly on Marshall Field's charge cards and hatboxes. The links above are to a most beautifully done study of fashion in Chicago in the midth century, and I highly recommend visiting froufrou4youyou's blog posts. One longs for the day. Can anyone tell me about Marshall Field wardrobe Luggage?

We have this really cool old trunk that was made by or for "Marshall field, The luggage center". It would have been something that my great grandfather would have had if he had been wealthy enough to purchase it. Probably braking all the rules here, but if anyone has any info e-mail at c57lehman gmail.

Anyone with knowledge on the furniture and clocks made for the store from around then? It is in the original wooden frame with square nails some repairs with newer nails. I would love to post a picture for you all to see, but have not figured that out yet. Any suggestions? To the Anonymous poster on 09 February, He and the Shop were part of the 5th Floor, Store for Men for at least 30 years.

I'm not sure how long the Shop continued after They made custom, hand stitched leather goods for horses, riders, and drivers. At their peak they had nearly a dozen craftsmen working on site at the store. They primarily made English style saddlery, but also employed a man in Lake Forest who did Western tooling. Every Tuesday my father would personally drive to key stables in the area to pick up repair items and measure riders and horses for new goods.

There were many, many more, of course before I was born. He was a well-known figure in his scarlet coat, gold beaver top hat, white jodhpurs, and high black boots with rouge tops. But my favorite was an enormous stuffed bear that I believe is now housed at the Field Museum. In my pre-teen and teen years I spent frequent Saturdays in Chicago specifically for orthodontist appointments. But because we lived in the far west suburbs, I was on my own until we caught the back to Geneva.

Sometimes this meant lunch in the Walnut Room with my aunt including white gloves , later lunch with friends in the English Room, often breakfast or lunch in the Annex Grille salmon salad sandwiches were my favorite. Christmas, as described by many previous commenters, was a magical time. Kay Snyder. A great store made great by its staff, its architecture, and its customers. We'll sadly not see the likes of it again soon. I am glad I found this site.

First of all, does anyone know if the Frango liquors are still available in Washington or Oregon? I'm down to my last two bottles. Yes, they really aged well. I had a great time and thought that I was going to spend the rest of my working life there. I started with the company in the home store at the Houston Galleria. I was soon transferred to the Town and Country Center store, also in Houston, where I had the pleasure of working in the prewrapped Christmas shop, then their home store, and finally the store for men in men's suits and dress apparel.

After a year there I was transferred to the Louis Joliet Store to open a men's suit and shoe area as that store didn't have either. I'm surprised that both the Joliet and the Springhill stores aren't mentioned in the main text of the blog.

I also worked as needed in the Oakbrook store as well as State Street. Finally I was offered a choice between the manager's position in the store for men in a new location being built in Columbus, Ohio or an assistant buyer position at state street.

I chose the buyer position, unfortunately very shortly after taking the position Dayton Hudson bought Fields from Batus eliminating both the credit and buying departments. They already had both of them in Minnesota. My choice was go back to the suit department or leave. I'm now a retired horticulturist and work in a wine tasting room near Starved Rock. I would still rather be buying suits. I also found interesting the comments about the Saddle Shop on the 5th Floor Store for men.

Because of my initial years in retail in the Store for Men, I did get to know the manager of that area. I hope this information helps. I will check back often. As an independent retailer, it was truly one of the very, very best of department stores and a Chicago landmark that remains as a building, but as an institution it has disappeared from the face of the earth. Having worked there for so long, you would of course recognize the sense of awe that one experienced walking into the store, all pristine white, with what seemed like mile after mile of gleaming counters, and a hushed, aristocratic atmosphere that stood in complete contrast to the bustle of State Street outside.

The warmth and accommodation of the staff, the excellent displays, and the organization and order of the store characterized the rest of the place. One of a kind, hard to ever match. Please feel free to emailo me at bakgraphics comcast.

Thanks again! Is there any record of the staff that worked as file clerks in Marshall Fields in the 's? Iam trying to find out information about a company called Heller Rose Company, Platinumsmiths, Marshall Field, Annex Building, Chicago I bought 2 gold and opal stick pins in two boxes with the above on the insides of both, really not having much luck finding anything.

It's not possible since the "Marshall" in this case was the first name of Mr. Marshall Field who is considered the store's founder. He was, though, related to L. Field of Jackson, Michigan cousins, I believe , founder of Field's in that city. Anyone looking for information about a company llike Heller Rose could consult the Chicago Tribune via newspapers. There is a True Value store in my neighborhood and the couple that owns It also owns apartments.

When tenants move out and leave things behind that are sellable, they clean them up and sell them out in front of their store. Everytime I pass by there I stop to see what kind of new things they have out front. One day I stopped and saw this old trunk. The insides of it were missing but the outside was in pretty good shape and I needed something to store some items in.

I cleaned it up and stored my items in it. I decided to also use it for a coffee table. Here it is 2 years later and I just noticed this morning there is a metal plate fastened to it which I never noticed before.

I never thought that there would be so much information on this store when I looked it up. I was thinking of getting rid of it because it takes up to much room but now that I know some of its history I think I will keep it.

G Price-Harrisburg,Pa. By all means, keep it - it is a nice little piece of history. Before long, I hope to present a history of the store on this site, and scans of a number of descriptive booklets I acquired recently.

Stay tuned! Thanks for your contribution! I inherited a gorgeous buffet, from my mother, that was from Marshall Fields. It has no other company name on it. The piece is beautiful Chippendale style. I'd love to know who made the furniture line for MF. Please help: In the 's I remember being in the toy department and looking through catalogues of various miniature toy castles.

Does anyone else remember something similar and any idea as to the maker of the castles? In the late 50's or early 60's in the toy department there was an array of play food. It was so realistic. I chose a small black cast iron pan with sunny side up eggs in it. I think my first Ginny doll also came from Field's.

They had wonderful Ginny wardrobe pieces, dresses, coats, straw hats and little round toed plastic shoes. I also remember spending a lot of time in the Stamp Collector's dept, perusing stamps. I worked at a large Rehabilitation agency, now Anixter Center, and took my clients who experienced developmental and other disabilities on field trips to the store. At Christmas we went to The Walnut Room filling a table enjoying all the special Christmas menu items including snowman sundaes.

I remember noticing how one of the clients with Down's syndrome had a look of awe in his eyes as we sat there. I purchased the most unique and beautiful costume jewelry on the first floor. The most fun was going through the costume jewelry sale items which were often placed in a clear acrylic tray on top of the counter.

I still have two angel themed pins Broaches popular in the early 90's from there that I had used in a collage that was at an art fair, thus saved from being destroyed in a fire.

I also remember buying 2 uniquely costumed teddy bears, a pink and a blue ballet dancer. And finding a Betsy Johnson dress on sale in the Junior dept. I still remember that dress, it's cut and fabric. And some pink tennis shoes with glitter trim. And the bargain basement sales were great with high quality clothing items reduced to low prices- there were crowds, and clothes were all over the floor. Then there were Super SundaysI sometimes found heavy items that I'd then have to schlep home on the El, like a wooden designer toy box with a slide out drawer,and a stainless steel bullet garbage can.

I have many other memories of specific items I purchased--I loved the bags of day old chocolate chip cookies for 1. And a lot of Leibkuchen the year in the mid eighties when Christmas at Field's had a German theme- the crowds for the after Christmas sale, going through baskets of ornaments. One of the best things I ever bought at Field's which I found during that after Christmas sale was a bag of hand carved and polished wooden animals from Germany.

They were in a basket on the floor under a tree. I especially remember the crocodile, a pale green with saw tooth edges on this back. Sadly lost in a fire. I also remember often stopping at the cafeteria on 7 and getting the wonderful cole slaw that had peanuts in it. When my son was a toddler I brought him to Fields and found him designer clothes-Oillily and a tiny little orange down jacket can't remember the designer-"Donald Lawrence"?

On one visit we had a terrible accident, he got his finger caught in a moving escalator, it was saved and he is OK, but I remember the excellent response service at the store-someone stayed and sat with us, reassuring me. They wrapped the wound and helped us into the ambulance- all so comforting. Anyway, you can probably tell what a devoted Field's fan I am.

For me, going to Marshall Field's on any given day was an incredibly uplifting and enriching experience. From reading other posts here, I get how Marshall field's holds profound memories for so many of us.

I guess we are very lucky in this. Thanks for bearing with my rambling thoughts and for this site! I found a Marshall Fields box with a pin in it that belonged to a lady born in how do I find out if it really is from them or the value. I just came across a picture in a frame with a label on back Marshall Fields and Company under the company name it has-- Picture Galleries then the name- A.

Wheeler amount and salesperson no it appears. I just stumbled across this site and simply love reading the wonderful stories. Good afternoon. This is the prior security director for Marshall Field and Co. These were also the days when men were required to wear suits not even sportcoats and slacks and women were required to wear dresses or full business suits with skirt, blouse and jacket.

Nothing prompted this post, just continued fondness for the good old days with Marshall Field and Co. That's why you will never see the ugly, truncated "Marshall Field's" logo on these pages.

I worked part time in Special Services as a security officer back in the mid 60's. My regular job was with the CPD. All I can say is that it was a special honor for me to work there. What a great store, and I miss you too Patricia. Sincerely, RF My E-mail rfairborne yahoo. Their Watch repair shop was the best.

I had a military watch that needed to be repaired. I took this watch to at least 3 different Jewelers, all of them told me that my watch could not be repaired. I had to wait about a week but they repaired my watch. This was back in about This watch is still running fine today in I believe the juice bar was located on the Mezzanine floor. Does anyone out there know where they purchased their Raspberry juice from? A cold Raspberry juice and a hotdog, on a hot summer day, was such a great treat.

My spelling is a little off. I am sure though that you all understood what I meant to say. Hello Bruce, you know better than I, but I seem to remember that in order for one to get to the Juice Bar, you had to walk up a few stairs from the 3rd floor on to what i thought was the Mezzanine part of the Salad Bowl Finish Colors Zip Code building. Do you have any idea or information on where one can buy that same great tasting Raspberry Juice?

I purchased this Watch in or 68 not sure. The original brown leather band was replaced with a Shell Cordovan leather watch band. I think it has Swiss Made on it. Does anyone know what it could be worth today. It has a gold colored back too, and I don't know for sure if the back is real Gold or not? I was just going through my linen closet and found tucked at the back of the top shelf two wrapped rolls of Hudson's toilet paper.

I forgot I had them, but remember grabbing them when we helped move my husband's grandmother out of her Lake Orion MI home in because it struck me as so funny that Hudson's had their own brand of toilet paper.

I guess now almost 30 years later, and with Hudson's gone, they are pretty cool even if just toilet paper. Do you know what years they sold toilet paper I got mine in the mail today and it is truly lovely.

Hi, I was curious if anyone knew if there where online copies of the Marshall Field Catalogs? Looking for Helping to restore a house and we have catalog numbers for William Morris wallpaper but they are from a Marshall Fields Catalog. Walmart does not have exclusive military discounts including active military and veterans, nor do they offer senior citizen discounts. Get Walmart coupons.

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