Print, Photographic

Print. Black and white photographic print of a window display featuring Rubbermaid Dish Drainers available at The J.L. Hudson Company Department Store. Differing sizes of dish drainers are displayed throughout the window; a female mannequin is featured sitting inside a dish drainer flanked by two young children. Signage for the dish drainers is affixed throughout the display; visible behind the mannequins the signs read, "World's Largest Dish Drainer, by the World's Largest Dish Drainer Manufacturer… Rubbermaid; Interesting fact about dish drainers… Rubbermaid has produced over 9,000,000 Dish Drainers for use in modern American kitchens." Signage in the left foreground in front of the mannequins feet reads, "A Rubbermaid dish drainer can do a giant drying job for you! During busy warm weather months end unnecessary time spent wiping dishes the old fashion way… there's a RUBBERMAID Dish Drainer size and style to fit every kitchen drainboard and sink. Visit our 10th Floor Housewares Dept. and Select from Our Complete Rubbermaid Dish Drainer Assortment." Signage in the right foreground affixed to the dish drainer display reads, "Kitchen convenience on a grand scale! See the world's largest dish drainer! Rubbermaid Helpers, -Styled to hold many dishes safely to let them drain dry in a sanitary way, -all covered in color-bright rubber that keeps its good looks, never gets sticky, Small Housewares, 10th Floor, Farmer… Section B." The date, photographic sequence number, company name, and photographer's name are printed on the bottom of the recto, "5-15-52; 25369-3x; The J.L. Hudson Company; Photography by Davis B. Hillmer."