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**Marshall Field: "The Customer is always Right!"**
Marshall Field and Co. got its start in 1865 after Marshall Field and co-owners, Levi Leiter and Potter Palmer, bought out Cooley, wadsworth & Co., Fields employer, and becoming Field, Palmer, Leiter & Co. In 1867, Palmer retired, and the company bacame Field, Leiter & Co. In 1881, Leiter retired, leaving Field in charge of the company, Marshall Field & Co.**
 * __History of the company:__

The store was completed in August of 1868. It consists of over 400,000 square feet, 700 feet of store front, including 12 entrances.It contains 6,000 incandescent lights and 100 arc lights, which have been recently invented. The store also includes 23 elevators catering to over 100 departments on 6 floors.**  **__The Fire:__ The first major store was completed in 1869 on the corner of Washington and State Street. 3 years later. The store was runied in the great Chicago Fire of 1871. Amazingly, the store was restored withen the next year. Unfortunately, in 1877, 6 years later, the bulding was yet-again destroyed by a fire. Even though the building was totaled, Field was able to immediately rebuild.** __**Offered by Marshall Field's**__
 * __About the store:__
 * **Annual Sales**
 * **"Bargain Basement" - cheaper prices than rest of store**
 * **Merchandise return for full refund**
 * **Waiting rooms**
 * **Lavatories**
 * **Easy Credit**
 * **Ladies' tearoom**
 * **Easy Credit**
 * **Package Delivery**
 * **Personal Shopping Services**

Sources 1."Marshall Field and Company." __Jazz Age Chicago__. 11 May 2006. 7 Dec. 2008 . 2."Marshall Field and Company." __Jazz Age Chicago__. 11 May 2006. 7 Dec. 2008 . 3."Marshall Fields." __PDX History__. Dec. 2008. 14 Dec. 2008 .