Marshall Fields Christmas Windows

Below are a few great photos and references to this piece of chicago history.

Marshall fields christmas windows. Let s start with the marshall field s christmas window displays. Marshall field s christmas window 1940s it is hard to imagine a holiday season in which the windows and their bewitching designs did not exist. Bundling up against the cold traveling to state street to brave the crowds and glimpse the magical storytelling windows and holiday decorations of the iconic department store. Here is the second christmas memory story about something that is still very special to me.

Marshall field s christmas windows of long ago marshall field s state street department store of another era. Field s state street holiday store windows with their clever and beautiful and eventually animated displays became a major draw for locals and. A tour of the window displays at the historic state street flagship department store features uncle mistletoe santa s ambassador of good will and christmas. And these windows worked retail magic.

Were it not for technological developments that yielded large durable plate glass department stores would not have one of their most compelling marketing tools let alone sufficient daylight to. Mention the christmas windows of marshall field s now macy s to a chicagoan and you ll almost invariably recall them to their childhood. A chicago tradition in its own right and continuing today with macy s who bought out marshall field s in 2005. Wttw s marshall field s christmas storefront feature.