Print, Photographic

Print. Black and white photographic print of a window display featuring ladies summertime fashions available at The J.L. Hudson Company Department Store. Seven female mannequins are featured in on a porch, with spindles and railings, the ladies are dressed in the latest summer fashions, including shirtwaist dresses in patterned or solid color fabrics with button fronts, cinched waists, and exposed décolletage, other ladies are dressed in shorts with sailor style tops. Signage affixed to the railing reads, "Everfast Cottons, In New Summer Dresses, Playclothes! Summer Dress Shop, 8th Floor, Woodward… Section F; Beach and Playclothes Shop, 5th Floor, Woodward… Section E." The photographic sequence number, company name, and photographer's name are printed on the bottom of the recto, "25368-3x; The J.L. Hudson Company; Photography by Davis B. Hillmer."