Marshall Field's : the store that helped build Chicago
(2010)
By:
Soucek, Gayle
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
381.141/SOUCEK,G
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Charleston, SC : History Press, 2010
DESCRIPTION
155 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781596298545, 1596298545, 9781626190672, 1626190674
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Introduction: Why Marshall Field's matters -- From the farm to the city : making of a merchant -- Growth and rebirth : Field, Leiter & Company -- Fire and survival : aftermath of the Great Chicago Fire -- Change and philanthropy : the merchant's final years -- Continuing the vision : the John Shedd years -- Progress and despair : the Great Depression and the World's Fair -- From the city to the suburbs : the changing face of retail -- A child's dream : Christmas at Field's -- Winds of change : BATUS and Target -- An icon vanishes : the coming of Macy's