Levi Ziegler Leiter was a Chicago businessman and partner of Marshall Field who co-founded what became the Marshall Field and Company retail empire. Chicago (officially named the City of Chicago) is the third largest city in the United States (after New York City and Los Angeles), with an official population of 2,896,016, as of the 2000 census. ... Marshall Field (1834 -1906) was founder of Marshall Field and Company, the Chicago based chain of department stores. ... Marshall Fields State Street Store interior, about 1910 Marshall Field and Company is a department store. ...

Leiter was born November 2, 1834, to Joseph Leiter and Anne Ziegler of Leitersburg, the Washington County Maryland town founded by his grandfather, Abrahama Leiter. He married Mary Theresa Carver (1844-1913). Leiter died in Washington, DC, July 8, 1904.

In 1865, Leiter and Field bought into a small dry goods business run by Potter Palmer. When Palmer left the company in 1867 to pursue real estate ventures, the company was renamed Field and Leiter. The two men built a six-story store on State Street in 1868. It was rebuilt after the Great Chicago Fire in 1871. When Leiter retired from the company in 1881, the name was changed to Marshall Field and Company. Jump to: navigation, search 1865 is a common year starting on Sunday. ... Potter Palmer (1826 - 1902) was a Chicago businessman who was responsible for much of the development of State Street. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1867 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1868 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search Artists rendering of the fire, by John R Chapin, originally printed in Harpers Weekly The Great Chicago Fire was a conflagration that burned from October 8 to October 10, 1871, killing hundreds and destroying several square miles in Chicago, Illinois. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1871 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1881 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...