Remembering Marshall Field's

by Leslie Goddard

Overview

or more than 150 years, Marshall Field's reigned as Chicago's leading department store, celebrated for its exceptional service, spectacular window displays, and fashionable merchandise. Few shoppers recalled its origins as a small dry goods business opened in 1852 by a New York Quaker named Potter Palmer. That store, eventually renamed Marshall Field and Company, weathered economic downturns, spectacular fires, and fierce competition to become a world-class retailer and merchandise powerhouse. Marshall Field sent buyers to Europe for the latest fashions, insisted on courteous service, and immortalized the phrase "give the lady what she wants." The store prided itself on its dazzling Tiffany mosaic dome, Walnut Room restaurant, bronze clocks, and a string of firsts including the first bridal registry and first book signing.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781439670576
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	05/04/2020
Series:	Images of America Series
Sold by:	Bookwire
Format:	eBook
Pages:	128
File size:	29 MB
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About the Author

Leslie Goddard is a historian and author who writes and lectures on American cultural history, with particular expertise in women's history. She holds a Ph.D. in interdisciplinary studies and an M.A. in museum studies. In addition to her own stint as a Marshall Field's sales associate, her grandfather worked at the State Street store for 26 years, serving as merchandise manager for linens and manager of the Far Eastern buying office.

Editorial Reviews

Title: New Book Takes a Look Back at Marshall Field's
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Date: 7/11/2011


The newest addition to Arcadia Publishing's popular Images of America and Postcard of America series is Remembering Marshall Field's from local author Leslie Goddard. The book boasts more than 200 vintage images and memories of days gone by.

For more than 150 years, Marshall Field's reigned as Chicago's leading department store, celebrated for its exceptional service, spectacular window displays, and fashionable merchandise. Few shoppers recalled its origins as a small dry goods business opened in 1852 by a New York Quaker named Potter Palmer. That store, eventually renamed Marshall Field and Company, weathered economic downturns, spectacular fires, and fierce competition to become a world-class retailer and merchandise powerhouse.

Marshall Field sent buyers to Europe for the latest fashions, insisted on courteous service, and immortalized the phrase "give the lady what she wants." The store prided itself on its dazzling Tiffany mosaic dome, Walnut Room restaurant, bronze clocks, and a string of firsts including the first bridal registry and first book signing.

Leslie Goddard is a historian and author who writes and lectures on American cultural history, with particular expertise in women's history. She holds a Ph.D. in interdisciplinary studies and an M.A. in museum studies. In addition to her own stint as a Marshall Field's sales associate, her grandfather worked at the State Street store for 26 years, serving as merchandise manager for linens and manager of the Far Eastern buying office.

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