Print, Photographic

Print. Black and white photographic print of a window display at The J.L. Hudson Company Department Store celebrating the 250th Birthday of the city of Detroit. Images of differing tugboats on the Detroit River are featured, as well as varying sizes of model tugboats. Signage in the lower right foreground reads, "They're Off! Straining at the Bit -- 15 or so TUGBOATS, Workhorses of the lakes, await the starting signal for their SECOND ANNUAL DERBY! The race will open the aquatic sports program of Detroit's 250th Birthday Festival… Saturday, May 19 at 1 o'clock. The race will start from Fort Wayne in a dash to the finish line at Veterans Memorial Building. Hudson's Wishes Luck to All the Racers and a Great Day for the Spectators!" The date, photographic sequence number, company name, and photographer's name are printed on the bottom of the recto, "8-18-51; 25217-2x; The J.L. Hudson Company; Photography by Davis B. Hillmer."