Print, Photographic

Print. Black and white photographic print of a window display featuring ladies holiday fashions available at The J.L. Hudson Company Department Store. Two female mannequins are featured in the window and are accompanied by a snow-covered Christmas tree. Mid-calf length dresses are featured on the mannequins, the right mannequin is dressed in a straight skirt wrap dress with cinched waist, and V-neck, while the left mannequin is wearing a button-front, dress with box pleated skirt, and puffy sleeves. The ladies are accessorized with long gloves, jewelry, hats, and footwear. A chandelier hangs from the ceiling. Signage neighboring the Christmas tree in the right foreground reads, "It's Christmas Time at Hudson's, the store with wonderful things, Hudson's and Vogue present High Red, For Now and Now On, Gown Shop in the Woodward Shops, Seventh Floor… Section E." The date, photographic sequence number, company name, and photographer's name are printed on the bottom of the recto, "11-30-49; 23949-x; The J.L. Hudson Company; Photography by Davis B. Hillmer."