Print, Photographic

Print. Black and white photographic print of a window display featuring a small dinette set, and sideboard at The J.L. Hudson Company Department Store. Featured atop the dining room table are ceramic dishes, flatware, and a floral arrangement; patterned ceramic service ware is featured atop the sideboard. Seat cushions, a small ceramic pitcher, and two darkly colored curved glass bottles, are featured in the right foreground adjacent to signage which reads, "Hudson's and House & Garden present Fruit and Flower colors for Spring 1954, Sharp and Sweet, The Watermelon Look, for gracious country dining... China and Glass, 10th Floor, Maple Furniture, 9th Floor Farmer, Section C, Curtains, 8th Floor Grand River, Section A." A framed image of watermelons is visible behind the signage. The date, photographic sequence number, company name, and photographer's name is printed on the bottom of the recto, "2-24-54; 25798-3x; The J.L. Hudson Company; Photography by Davis B. Hillmer."