Christmas on State Street:: 1940's and Beyond

This wonderful little book is part of the Images of America series, and focuses on Chicago's State Street at Christmas time. Having grown up in the Chicagoland area, I well remember each year's pilgrimage down to State Street to see the lights and displays - culminating in a visit to the Marshall Field's store (recently subsumed into the mighty Macy's empire). This book contains many wonderful black-and-white images (and some color ones!) from State Street - from the parades, from the displays, and some from just the stores themselves. Overall, I found this to be a great book, filled with many wonderful memories of State Street at Christmas time! The pictures are all crystal clear, and have well-written captions. So, if you are interested in Christmas on Chicago's State Street, then you would be well-advised to give this book a look. I highly recommend this book!

Love this book...I bought 3 copies for me and my sisters, who all have fond memories of shopping "downtown" with our mother. One sister cried when she saw it as it brought back wonderful memores for her.

If you're an aging Baby Boomer, as I, and lived in the Chicago area sometime during your childhood, chances are this little book with touch your heart and bring back the fondest of memories. It's a sweet compilation of everything that's reminiscent of a journey to "downtown" Chicago during the Christmas season. Whether it be parades, shopping, choosing a new toy for under the tree, or perhaps lunching at the Walnut Room at Marshall Fields, this book hits all the high points. Touching photo's also round out the successful tale of Christmas on State Street. Sit back with a cup of cocoa and savor the memories!

This is a beautifully arranged book detailing the opulence and grandeur of Christmas in Chicago. Amazing black and white photos capture the charm of the holidays in the Windy City. For those of us who have visited Marshall Fields at Christmas, peered into the wonderful windows full of magical stories, this book will be a treasured keepsake of Chicago originals like Fields. Macy's will never have the appeal or class that Marshall Fields had, and we'll never forget the Walnut Room Tree or the Tiffany Dome. So long old Chicago, you were a class act.