Print, Photographic

Print. Black and white photographic print of the interior retail floor of home furnishings at The J.L. Hudson Company Department Store. Many differing types of furniture are featured including couches, and chairs upholstered in many differing colors and types of fabric; occasional tables, end tables, and sofa tables are also featured. Signage affixed to a metal display in the central-right background reads, "BAKER, Showroom, Exhibition, and Setting." Also, signage on the sofa table in the central foreground reads, "Georgian Living Room, Eighteenth Century mahogany furniture particularly suited for Georgian, Colonial, and Early American homes… The choice of the conservative person who cares for permanence." Visible in the far background is the Studio of Interior Decoration. The date, photographic sequence number, company name, and photographer's name are printed on the bottom of the recto, "11-12-53; 25753-x; The J.L. Hudson Company; Photography by Davis B. Hillmer."