Print, Photographic
Print. Black and white photographic print of a window display at the J.L. Hudson Company Department Store. The display features images of Claudette Colbert, Paulette Goodard, and Veronica Lake who are starring in, "The Screen's First Romantic Drama of our Women at the Fighting Front," 'So Proudly We Hail.' Scenes from the motion picture and a diorama are also featured in the display. Signage from the American Red Cross urging women to become nurses is affixed to the left rear of the display and reads, "Become a Nurse, Your country needs you, Our Army and Navy ask for 3,000 Graduate Nurses a month, Our hospitals and health services at home at home also need nurses... student nurses and nurses aids, Enlist Now, The Need is Urgent Delay is Series, For information apply, Michigan Nursing Council for War Service, 57 West Warren, Cannon Memorial Recruiting Booth, Washing Blvd at Michigan, American Red Cross Hdqrs 2163 E. Jefferson." Also, affixed signage in the bottom foreground of the display reads, "Buy U.S. War Savings Bonds, Immediate Delivery, WAR BONDS, 11th Floor, Woodward, Section D." The date and photographic sequence number are printed on the bottom of the recto, "9-18-43; 18875-2x."
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