Print, Photographic

Print. Black and white photographic print of a window display featuring men's outerwear available at The J.L. Hudson Company Department Store. Two male mannequins stand on the left and right sides of the window display, and each is adorned in a raincoat and fedora. A large aerial view of the city of Detroit, looking east toward The Detroit River is featured in the background behind a series of wire simulating rain, and cut-outs of cats and dogs. Signage in the central foreground reads, "One out of every Three days it Rains in Detroit! …Nothing you can do about the weather but to be prepared with a water-repellent, Hudson-Quality RAINCOAT, Men's Store, Second Floor, Woodward." The date, photographic sequence number, and photographer's name are printed on the bottom of the recto, "4-23-47; 22806-4x; Davis B. Hillmer."