Digital Collection
1982.146.167

Print, Photographic

Print. Black and white photographic print of a window display which features ladies hosiery available at The J.L. Hudson Company Department Store. A female mannequin stands wearing a dress, and is fully accessorized; she is accompanied in the image by blocks of ice, ice tons, and draped through the handles of the ice tons are several pairs, in assorted colors, of ladies hosiery. Signage in the right central foreground reads, "Beautiful Cameo Nylons in a crystal-cool new shade, Black Ice… Alluring, transparent black to wear with your summer sheers, 60 gauge, 15 denier, $1.65 pair; 51 gauge, 15 denier, $1.35 pair; Hosiery, First Floor, Farmer… Sections A and B." The date, photographic sequence number, company name, and the photographer's name are printed on the bottom of the recto, "6-28-50; 24067-x; The J.L. Hudson Company; Photography by Davis B. Hillmer."

Date
1950
Collection
Print Size
8.1875" x 10.0625"
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