Print, Photographic

Print. (2 Copies.) Black and white photographic print of a window display advertising for Toytown at The J.L. Hudson Company Department Store. Featured in the window is an elephant standing on his hind legs, with one leg perched on an ornamented stand. A female mannequin, adorned as a performer is dressed in an elaborate costume, stands on the elephant's backside and holds a wand in her hand. A male mannequin, also adorned in costume stands on the left side of the display, and appears to be giving directions to the animal. Signage in the right foreground reads, "Hudson's Toytown is Ready." The date and photographic sequence number if printed on the bottom of the recto, "9-3-44; 19084-2x."