Print, Photographic

Print. Black and white photographic print of an interior display featuring back-to-school fashions at The J.L. Hudson Company Department Store. Three young girl mannequins are dressed in the latest fashions, including jumpers, blouses, and dresses. Each of the girls have book bags drape over their shoulders or in their hands. Signage in the background reads, "Hudson's is ready now with everything they need for Back to School." Also signage in the central foreground of the display reads, "Hudson's and DuPont present: The Next Generation, go back to school sporting the French schoolgirl look newly fashioned in Fall fabrics with shape retaining, ease-of-core manners." Girls' dresses, in varying colors, patterns, and styles are visible in the background. The date, photographic sequence number, company name, and photographer's name are printed on the bottom of the recto, "8-25-64; 28618-2x; The J.L. Hudson Company; Photography by Davis B. Hillmer."