Print, Photographic

Print. Black and white photographic print of a window display featuring antique coffee makers from around the world displayed at the Housewares Exposition at The J.L. Hudson Company Department Store. Coffee makers from Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, India, Egypt, China, Syria, Arabia and Turkey, dating from 1750 to 1850 are displayed. A modern Cory coffee maker is featured on the left side of the display. Signage in the central foreground of the display reads, "The Tenth Floor is Teeming with a Big Extravaganza for the Home! Housewares Exposition, See a Display of Coffee Makers Used in Various Parts of the World, Most All of Them are a Hundred or More Years Old, SEE the CORY EXHIBIT and 69 Other Displays, Tenth Floor Via Express Elevators or Escalator." The date, photographic sequence number and photographer's name are printed on the bottom of the recto, "1-22-47; 22735-6x; Davis B. Hillmer."