Print, Photographic

Print. Black and white photographic print of a window display at The J.L. Hudson Company Department Store advertising the Old Car Festival at Greenfield Village. Featured in the window is a One Cylinder Pope Tribune, with a female mannequin behind the wheel, and a male mannequin dressed as a mechanic appears to be working on the engine. Directional signage advertises, "Greenfield Village, 12 Miles." Also, signage in the central foreground below the automobile reads, "One-cylinder POPE TRIBUNE, built in 1904 by the Pope Manufacturing Company of Hagerstown, Maryland. It was originally purchased by Mrs. Ida M. Day for $650 who in turn sold it to Mr. Ford in 1934. Pope Tribune, courtesy of Edison Institute, Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, Michigan." Also, signage in the lower right foreground reads, "Old Car Festival, Greenfield Village, Saturday, September 13." The date, photographic sequence number, company name and photographer's name are printed on the bottom of the recto, "9-12-52; 25399-x; The J.L. Hudson Company; Photography by Davis B. Hillmer." Stamped on the verso, "Davis B. Hillmer, Commercial Photography, 8825 Second Ave., Detroit 2, Michigan, TR 5-7620, TR 2-8000."