Print, Photographic

Print. (2 Copies.) Black and white photographic print of a window display featuring ladies evening fashions available at The J.L. Hudson Company Department Store. Two female mannequins stand atop plush carpeting, on the left and right sides of the display; the right mannequin is wearing a floor-length evening gown with cinched waist, and rhinestone straps. Featured on the mannequin on the left, also, is a floor-length evening gown, with a peplum at the wait, cinched waist with bent, a sweetheart neckline, and spaghetti straps. A chandelier hangs from the ceiling. Signage in the middle of the display reads, "It's Christmas Time at Hudson's, the store with the wonderful things, New Evening Lengths, New Formal Fashions, Skirt News, Straight Lines, Layers of Fabric, Green Room in the Woodward Shops - 7th Floor… Section E." The date, photographic sequence number, company name, and photographer's name are printed on the bottom of the recto, "11-14-49; 23942-2x; The J.L. Hudson Company; Photography by Davis B. Hillmer."