Print, Photographic

Print. (2 Copies.) Black and white photographic print of a window display advertising the Annual Housewares Exposition held at The J.L. Hudson Company Department Store. A large story book is featured with imagery from Alice in Wonderland including Alice, the Queen, the Rabbit, and the Mad Hatter. A young female mannequin, dressed in a nightgown is sitting in front of the open book, at a vanity table and facing a mirror. Signage displayed on the interior of the book reads, "Alice in Wonderland Through The Looking Glass, More wonderful things than Alice saw through her looking glass are now in gala display on the Tenth Floor. The 14th Annual Housewares Exposition gives you the inside story on what's new for the home. Shows you how raw material is shaped into shining beauty. Demonstrates the use of labor-saving gadgets. It's fascinating pageant of modern scientific development. Come See! Take Express Elevators or Escalator to Tenth Floor." The date, photographic sequence number, and photographer's name are printed on the bottom of the recto, "1-22-47; 22735-5x; Davis B. Hillmer."