Print, Photographic

Print. Black and white photographic print of a window display featuring ladies casual summertime fashions available at The J.L. Hudson Company Department Store. Five female mannequins are featured in the window and each are dressed in differing styles of daywear separates which include shorts, knit tops, Capri pants, patterned circle skirts, blouses and sleeveless tops. Accessories are also featured on the mannequins and include belts, jewelry, handbags, hats, and jewelry. Accompanying the ladies in the window are varying types of home goods and more styles of accessories; home goods include pots and pans, a French press, mixing bowls, oil lamps, and dish towels. Signage in the central foreground of the window neighbors a carved statue of a Native American, and reads, "Suburban Living, Easy-Going Fashions, Colorful separates that let you relax in casual comfort outside city limits… enjoy all the fun Summer has to offer, Separates, Third Level." The date, photographic sequence number, company name, and photographer's name are printed on the bottom of the recto, "6-23-55; 27080-8x; The J.L. Hudson Company; Photography by Davis B. Hillmer."