Print, Photographic

Print. Black and white photographic print of a window display featuring ladies swimwear available at The J.L. Hudson Company Department Store. Eight female mannequins are featured in the window and each is dressed in a differing style of bathing suit including one-piece and two-piece suits with embellishments, rushing, sweetheart and deep V necklines, halter and strapless tops. Accessories accompany the ladies and include robes, sunglasses, and footwear. The window is adorned with ornamental iron umbrellas, and greenery. Signage in the central foreground is features with differing types of cameras and reads, "Black - Most Dramatic Color Under the Sun! Exciting, sophisticated swim fashions, wonderful-to-wear next to your tan, Beach and Playclothes Shop, 5th Floor, Woodward… Section F." The date, photographic sequence number, company name, and photographer's name are printed on the bottom of the recto, "6-21-50; 24063-x; The J.L. Hudson Company; Photography by Davis B. Hillmer."