Print, Photographic

Print. (2 Copies.) Black and white photographic print of a barber shop quartet window display at The J.L. Hudson Company Department Store. Three male mannequins dressed in plaid suits, stand adjacent to a fourth man lying in a barber shop chair and appears to be receiving a shave; all four men appear to be singing. The mannequins are surrounded by images of known barber shop quartets. Signage in the foreground reads, "Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America, Keep America Singing!" Also, smaller neighboring signage reads, "Concert of Barber Shop Quartets, Masonic Temple, Saturday November 4, Tickets available at the International Office, 20619 Fenkell Avenue, Phone - KEnwood 2-8300." The date, photographic sequence number, company name and photographer's name are printed on the bottom of the recto, "11-5-50; 25132; The J.L. Hudson Company Department Store; Photography by Davis B. Hillmer."