Print, Photographic

Print. Black and white photographic print of a window display at the J.L. Hudson Company Department Store. Two mannequins, a male and female, stand at purchase booth for U.S. War Savings Bonds. Images of bonds are featured in the lower left corner of the display. Signage affixed to the rear of the display neighboring the mannequins reads, "A War Bond Speaks: I'm a United States government War Bond, the offspring of a stab in the back at Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7. I am the 1942 version of the Declaration of Independence, the pledge and promise to our honored forbears - that Tojo, Hitler and Mussolini shall listen to the ever increasing crescendo of my voice as it sings for them the swan song of death. I am the written symbol of a great nation and a glorious past and a noble future, written in the blood of heroic people who live, love, and die perpetuating human liberty. My heart is made of nickels, dimes, and quarters gathered together by the people who remember and shall never forget Bataan. I am the master tool of the production lines which build the guns, planes, tanks and ships. I keep them flying, rolling and fighting at the four corners of the earth. I am the inspiration of our fighting armies of the land, sea and air. I stimulate brave deeds and man's supreme sacrifice that you and our kind may live as free and honorable people. I am the hope of a war-torn world - on me and me alone depends the fate of nations. You cannot break faith with me for I epitomize Victory and the four freedoms; I shall never die until the enemies of mankind return to immutable dust. I depend on you to keep me alive that our country shall ever remain the bedrock of the free and the home of the brave. (This editorial was contributed by a Detroit war worker. We are pleased to publish it because it represents the kind of patriotic spirit that wins wars - and sells more War Bonds!) The J.L. Hudson Company." Signage in the foreground of the window reads, "Buy U.S. War Savings Bonds." The date, photographic sequence number and photographer's name are printed on the recto, "11-20-42; 18725-3x; Davis B. Hillmer."