Print, Photographic

Print. Black and white photographic print of a window display featuring the United Nations at The J.L. Hudson Company Department Store. Flags from countries whom are members of the United Nations ornament the background of the display. Posters advertising the U.N. are featuring the foreground. Signage adjacent to the American flag in the central foreground of the display reads, "WE THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED NATIONS DETERMINED to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, which twice in our lifetime has brought untold sorry to mankind, and to reaffirm With in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and work of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women, and of nations large and small, and to establish conditions under which justice and respect for the obligations arising from treaties and other sources of international law can be maintained, and to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom… AND FOR THESE ENDS… to practice tolerance and live together in peace with one another as good neighbors, and to unite our strength to maintain international peace and security, and to ensure, by the acceptance of principles and the institution of methods, that armed force shall not be used, save in the common interest, and to employ international machinery for the promotion of the economic and social advancement of all peoples… HAVE RESOLVED TO COMBINE OUR EFFORTS TO ACCOMPLISH THESE AIMS… Accordingly, our respective Governments, through representatives assembled in the city of San Francisco, whom have exhibited their full powers found to be in good and due form, have agreed to the present Charter of the United Nations and do hereby establish an international organization to be known as the United Nations." Also, signage visible on the left side of the display features the "Organs of the United Nations." Printed on the bottom of the recto are the date, photographic sequence number, company name, and photographer's name, "10-23-48; 23735-2x; The J.L. Hudson Company; Photography by Davis B. Hillmer."