Print, Photographic

Print. Black and white photographic print of a window display featuring fabrics from Guatemala, available at The J.L. Hudson Company Department Store. The heavily patterned fabrics are draped throughout the window and each features a descriptive sign at the bottom which read from left to right, "Kum Stripe, __an Blue, Magnificent Feather Capes Noble Mayan Chieftans Arrived to Mayan Battlefield Site; Todas Lamas, Fuego Red, Legend - From a Primitive Woven Fabric of Coban; Chichi-Chacs, Tinta-Black, Legend - The Gods of ____ Rains ___ ; Pixcoy; Quice-Mam, Fuego - Volcano, Legend - Design Drawing Combined ____ ____ of the ____ Mam and Quice; Tzut Stripe, Atitlan Blue; Chinche St___; Hue-Hue Plaid, Adobe, Legend - A Plaid Found in the Highest Part of the Primitive Highlands, Orignial from Huehuetenango Market; and Patito y Nino, Agua Green, Legend - Little Duch and Little Child Desig Agua, the Famous Volcano Near Anti which by Eruption of Torrentos of Water Nearly Destroyed the Capital in 15___." Ribbons from the various bolts of fabrics lead to a map of Guatemala noting the region of origin. Signage in the central foreground reads, "Guatemalan Glamour, In Colorful Fabrics for Modern Settings, Fabric Shops, Eighth Floor, Grand River." The date, photographic sequence number, and photographer's name are printed on the bottom of the recto, "3-31-41; 18417-3x; Davis B. Hillmer."