Print, Photographic

Print. Black and white photographic print of a window display which features men's wear for the formal wedding available at The J.L. Hudson Company Department Store. Two male mannequins stand in the window and one is facing toward an ornately carved dresser and gilded mirror with his back to the window. The men are dressed in striped trousers, cutaway coats, and ascots. An overcoat and fedora are visible on the chair on the left. Framed architectural images are affixed to the rear wall. Signage in the left foreground reads, "Bride's Week - a Tradition at Hudson's, The Formal Wedding, before 6 p.m., The cutaway coat and striped trousers a traditional must for formal day weddings enhanced by a pearl-gray vest, Men's Store - 2nd Floor, Woodward… Section E." The date, photographic sequence number, company name, and the photographer's name are printed on the bottom of the recto, "2-23-53; 25649-6x; The J.L. Hudson Company; Photography by Davis B. Hillmer."