Print, Photographic

Print. Black and white photographic print of a window display which features ladies hosiery available at The J.L. Hudson Company Department Store. A female mannequin stands on the right side of the window, dressed in suit, and is accompanied by an oversized advertisement poster which displayed the bottom of a foot dressed in a stocking; the poster reads, "The New Ventilated Foot, Leg-size Stockings, Exclusively in Belle-Sharmeer." Mannequin legs right of the mannequin feature differing styles of available hosiery; the recessed displays on the left of the window also feature differing styles and colors of ladies hose. Signage in the central foreground reads, "Sheer Fashion Accents for Fall… 'Belle Sharmeer' Nylons, By Gauge 20 Denier, $2.25 pair; 'Brev' Short Length, 'Modite' Medium Length, 'Duchess' Long Length; Hosiery, First Floor_Farmer," The date, photographic sequence number, company name, and the photographer's name are printed on the bottom of the recto, "9-23-48; 23711; The J.L. Hudson Company; Photography by Davis B. Hillmer."