Print, Photographic

Print. Black and white photographic print of a window display advertising Westinghouse small appliances available for purchase at The J.L. Hudson Company Department Store. Differing types of appliances are featured in the window including stand mixers, a waffle maker, a toaster, a crock pot, an iron, and a juicer. The Joy of Cooking and the Better Homes Cook Book are also visible in the bottom left corner in the foreground. Signage in the left-central foreground reads, "Your Homemaking World…Past…Present…Trends, Hudson's 17th Housewares Exposition, January 18 through 28, Start Touring Anywhere, and see all the exciting exhibits on the 'Block Big,' Westinghouse Mixers and Small Appliances, 10th Floor." Signage affixed to the rear of the display features planet earth with a home affixed to the front of it, and a surrounding diagonal ring with three smaller signs which read, "Past, Present, Trends." The date, photographic sequence number, company name, and photographer's name are printed on the bottom of the recto, "1-19-50; 23974-4x; The J.L. Hudson Company; Photography by Davis B. Hillmer."