Print, Photographic

Print. Black and white photograph of a barber shop quartet window display at the J.L. Hudson Company Department Store. Four male mannequins, three standing around one lying in a chair having a shave, appear to be singing inside the barber shop. Images of barber shop quartets surround the display. Signage in the foreground reads, "SPEBSQSA, Society for Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America, Keep America Singing." Also, signage in the right background features an advertisement for the 10th Annual Parade of Quartets in Detroit, at the Masonic Temple, Saturday November 5th, 1949." The date, photographic sequence number, company name, and photographer's name are printed on the bottom of the recto, "11-5-49; 23938; The J.L. Hudson Company; Photography by Davis B. Hillmer."