I sincerely appreciate the effort that you have made in keeping alive the memory of this historic institution! Sven Lundquist, Hello, Sven! There is a True Value store in my neighborhood and the couple that owns It also owns apartments. Did they close in the late afternoons or did they stay open thru the evenings? Does anyone know what it could be worth today. I will insure she knows about this site. Five years later, the The River Oaks store included "The Willow Room" for dining and consisted of 264,000 sq. Does anyone out there know where they purchased their Raspberry juice from? Lovely heavy white wrapping paper again with the gold MF & Co. logo, and white ribbon. Hair had to be neat. At the dawn of the '70s, Marshall Field & Company acquired a Cleveland, Ohio retailer of similar character, The Halle Brothers Co. We would all board the South Shore and go the end of the line at Randolph. I had about 5 of these glorious days. Rick. I grew up just a bit too late to really enjoy the grand department stores, but MF&Co. I found this terrazzo style entryway in Logan Square (photo here - not mine: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mss2400/12855467813/) and wondered if you knew anything about it. The coup de grace, I believe, was building the Water Tower Store. shutting down the (considerable) unprofitable aspects of the wholesale Where is the love for minneapolis? I chose a small black cast iron pan with sunny side up eggs in it. I just found your website today and will undoubtedly spend lots of time here reliving past memories.Here is a bit of history from the operational side of MF&Co…I worked for the Company for 11 years, from 1967 thru 1978. Speaking of Macy's, I will never forgive them for what they did to our Foley's! It was an all-day event. ... Garces Restaurant Group, Inc., et al. My family moved to Evanston in the early sixties and we quickly grew to love Marshall Fields. They are not dated. But because of the number of times MF&Co. An underground shipping/receiving dock, a huge restaurant kitchen, a huge alteration work room, two massive freight elevators that went from the basement to the 3rd floor storage area, a dedicated dumb waiter elevator to take food products from the receiving dock to the kitchens, a locker room for the delivery drivers. 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. I took this watch to at least 3 different Jewelers, all of them told me that my watch could not be repaired. No way the trains would have been running through the store 24/7. No. Arena's predecessor, Joseph Burnham, passed away suddenly, prior to Arena's assumption of the position. it's too bad that today's department store(s?) I still remember that dress, it's cut and fabric. I found an original Fields box with a new table cloth and matching napkins in it dated 11/16/85. 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. http://www.sterlingcooper.info/pdf/WieboldtBrochure.pdf, 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? to company tradition, not back to the time its namesake arrived in Chicago, but Something else, would anyone know if there are any of the old order books or anything like that? Thanks for the web site. When Simpson left his post in 1930, John I became friends with a number of the store detectives (the security or loss prevention department was euphemistically called “Special Service”) , transferred to that Department as a store detective, was transferred to the Mayfair Store as their Security Manager, and finally was promoted to the position of Security Manager, Chicago Stores Division (the company security director). Hello! The final element in the first wave of the branch store development program brought a Marshall Field & Company Store to the southern suburbs near the Indiana border. I cannot express how grateful I am to you for all the work you have put into this site...it is simply phenomenal. I wonder what the rationale was at the time - was it to make the store better match a dumbed-down prospective customer base who had trouble pronouncing more than three words in a row, or one which couldn't distinguish between the formal name of the company and it's popular diminutive of "Field's? One half of the building fronted on State Street, from Washington to Randolph, and the other half, including the oldest section at Washington Street, fronted on Wabash Avenue. Anyone remember the fragrance sold by Field's called London Mist?It was the best.Jude. This site is exactly what I was looking for. Unit 104 Upper Ground Floor., Corinthian Hills Clubhouse Temple Drive, Ugong Norte, Quezon City. By 1930, Marshall Field & Company had relocated its Lake Forest Store to the Market Square ensemble in the center of the exclusive suburb. 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. I'm having doubts that the work is by E. I. Couse, due to the subject matter, but it is a sensational painting nonetheless. ft. store opened in 1962, and featured, appropriately enough, "The Oak Room" restaurant. In 1974 a week of employee training was MANDATORY. James Simpson (1874-1939) replaced Shedd, and led the company prior to the Great Chicago. 52 Aguinaldo highway Buho, Silang Cavite, RS 120 & 121 Joya at Rockwell 28 Plaza Drive, Rockwell Center, Makati City, Ground Floor Unit SC-R1 & R2 Capitol Commons, Meralco Ave., corner Shaw Blvd. There was nothing like the feeling of shopping at Marshall Field and Company, the quality merchandise, the wealth of selection, the beautiful, well kept, clean stores, and the marvelous clerks that made you feel like family as they carefully wrapped your purchases and loaded them in the iconic green shopping bags. My biggest regret thus far is the fact that my husband and I lived in Evanston for 2 years in the mid seventies, and I did not visit the magnificent main store downtown.

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