TOP RIGHT: Cover of Marshall Field & Company Christmas for Children Toys and Games and Other Gifts 1964. • ABOVE: One of two robots featured, this was one of the earliest catalog sightings of the KO Yoshia High-Wheel Robot in the original 6 gear configuration. • BELOW: Horikawa Gear Robot with Automatic Speed Control landed a prime spot on the catalog's back cover in full color. Gear Robot was described as being a Marshall Field & Company exclusive.
ABOVE RIGHT: Delightful 1960s illustration of Marshall Field's famed cast bronze clock • ABOVE, LOWER RIGHT: Field's massive bronze clocks weigh well over 6 tons each. The first, installed at the corner of State and Washington in 1897, is referred to as the Great Clock. Marshall Field viewed his store as not only a retail establishment but an important meeting place for the community and envisioned the clock as easily referenced landmark. Working a bit too well however Field installed a second clock at Randolph and State when people posting notes and messages on the store windows near the original clock.
ABOVE: The whimsically illustrated cover of the Marshall Field & Company Christmas for Children 1965 catalog.
ABOVE: Horikawa Gear Robot with Automatic Speed Control is returns for 1965 in the Marshall Field & Company Christmas for Children Catalog. Price is unchanged at $3.95 but the toy is no longer described as a Field's exclusive. Close up detail clearly shows original style chest litho is still being used on the robot in 1965.
ABOVE: Masudaya's Target Robot was also featured by Marshall Field for 1965. Priced at $7.95, Target was listed in the games section of the catalog, not with the other battery operated toys nor adjacent to the Horikawa Gear Robot. Field's toy selection was so massive there would have likely been separate buyers responsible for battery operated toys and games and the appearance of both robots in the 1965 catalog most likely represented some good old-fashioned intramural competition within the store.
ABOVE: The photo for this postcard captures the Marshall Field and Company flagship store on State Street in downtown Chicago in the early fall of 1964.
ABOVE: Old Orchard was Marshall Field's second suburban store which opened in Skokie in 1956. Photo for this postcard was taken shortly after the grand opening in October 1956. • BOTTOM: Elegant fountains and lush landscaping set the stage for an idyllic suburban shopping experience when Field's opened its fourth suburban location at Oak Park in 1962.
