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Then and Now: State Street between Randolph & Washington previous 9 of 9 


Marshall Field, State and Washington; looking NW at columns of entrance
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At their State Street store's opening in 1868 , Marshall Field and Levi Leiter greeted customers with gifts -- roses for women and cigars for men.

Rebuilt after the Great Fire, Marshall Field & Company still occupies the same city block.


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